OJ446 Stilistics and poetics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Marie Krčmová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 10:00–10:50 J22, Thu 11:00–11:50 J22
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The lecture will focus on the main theoretical concepts of modern Czech stylistics, such as the position of stylistics among other linguistic disciplines, the relation between style and language, stylistic factors, main functional styles, stylistic markedness/unmarkedness at various levels of language and other related topics.
Syllabus
  • Czech stylistics - lecture Style, its definitions. Permanent communicative factors and their influence on stylization of texts. Stylistika – OJ 446 osnova na JS 2015 1. Style, its definitions. Linguistic style. 2. Stylistics as a study of style. Possible approaches of stylistics. 3. Position of stylistics among philological disciplines. Difference between the literary and linguistic understanding of style and stylistics. 4. Relationship of the present-day (Czech) conception of stylistics to the tradition of rhetoric. Poetics and its approach in relation to present-day theoretical stylistics. 3. Permanent communicative factors and their influence on the text stylization. 4. Subjective and objective stylistic factors. Possibilities of differentiation of styles on the basis of generalized stylistic factors. 5. Dichotomy of form (formal) and expression (functional). 6. Generalization in stylistics; singular style – authorial style – genre style – objective and subjective style. Horizontal and vertical division of styles. 7. Function of the messages as the fundamental objective stylistic factor. Theory of functional styles. Traditional concepts of the functional styles theory – concept of stylistic sphere, stylistic type and stylistic layer. Stylistic norm. 8. Functional styles; development of the system of functional styles since the 1930s. 9. Relationships among the individual stylistic spheres. 10. Composition of texts. Stylistic procedures and their characteristic features. 11. Typical genres in the individual stylistic spheres. Coherence and cohesion of the text. Horizontal and vertical stratification of texts. 12. Stylemes. Types of stylemes. 13. Automated and foregrounded usage of means of expression. 14. Markedness on the individual grammatical levels of language. Markedness of lexical items. 15. Stylistic norms of the individual functional styles. 16. Typical features of styles of matter-of-fact texts. 17. Typical features of styles of scientific texts. 18. Typical features of styles of newspaper – publicistic texts. 19. Typical features of styles of rhetoric texts. 20. Typical features of styles of administrative texts. 21. Typical features of styles of Belles-lettres texts. 22. Relationship between authorial language and style.
Literature
    required literature
  • ČECHOVÁ, Marie, Marie KRČMOVÁ and Eva MINÁŘOVÁ. Současná stylistika. Vydání první. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2008, 381 stran. ISBN 9788071069614. info
  • Encyklopedický slovník češtiny. Edited by Petr Karlík - Marek Nekula - Jana Pleskalová. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2002, 604 s. ISBN 80-7106-484-X. info
  • HOFFMANOVÁ, Jana. Stylistika a-- :současná situace stylistiky. 1. vyd. Praha: Trizonia, 1997, 200 s. ISBN 80-85573-67-9. info
  • HRABÁK, Josef. Poetika. 1. vyd. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1973, 332 s. info
    recommended literature
  • MINÁŘOVÁ, Eva, Marie KRČMOVÁ, Jan CHLOUPEK and Marie ČECHOVÁ. Současná česká stylistika (Stylistics of the Contemporary Czech Language). 1st ed. Praha: ISV nakladatelství, 2003, 342 pp. none. ISBN 80-86642-00-3. info
  • MINÁŘOVÁ, Eva. Stylistika pro žurnalisty (Stylistics for the newspapermen). 1st ed. Praha: Grada Publishing, a. s., 2011, 296 pp. Žurnalistika a komunikace. ISBN 978-80-247-2979-4. info
  • Findra, Ján,Štylistika súčasněj slovenčiny, Osveta 2013
    not specified
  • KRAUS, Jiří. Rétorika a řečová kultura. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2004, 184 s. ISBN 8024608987. info
  • Stilističeskij enciklopedičeskij slovar' russkogo jazyka. Edited by Je. A. Baženova - M. P. Kotjurova - A. P. Skovorodnikov - Margarita N. Spravočnoje izd. Moskva: Flinta, 2003, 694 s. ISBN 502002791X. info
  • WALES, Katie. A dictionary of stylistics. 2nd ed. Harlow: Longman, 2001, viii, 429. ISBN 0582317371. info
  • KRAUS, Jiří. Rétorika v evropské kultuře. Vyd. 2. (přeprac.). Praha: Academia, 1998, 182 s. ISBN 8020006591. info
  • CRYSTAL, David. The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, vii, 489. ISBN 0521401798. info
  • BEČKA, Josef Václav. Česká stylistika. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1992, 467 s. ISBN 8020000208. info
  • CRYSTAL, David. The Cambridge encyclopedia of language. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987, vii, 472. ISBN 0521264383. info
  • KRAUS, Jiří. Rétorika v dějinách jazykové komunikace. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1981, 231 s. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures, drills
Assessment methods
The final examination is based on discussion of a text analysis, the written form of which the student will submit no later than five days before the exam. The knowledge of theories, terminology and their application will also be tested. The methods of text analysis will be discussed during the course , 80% attendance in sessions is compulsory. Topics for revision - see www.phil.muni.cz/jazyk/předměty. Password will be announced in class.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz.UJB
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2022.
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