AJPV_LSTY Literary Stylistics

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Timetable
Thu 7:00–7:45 učebna 12
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course builds upon the knowledge and skills the students acquire within the core subject Stylistics and offers an introduction to a stylistic analysis of literary texts. The course focuses on choices of point of view, stylistic markers at different language layers and stylised presentation of different registers and genres in literary texts; furthermore, the course tries to relate stylistic description to text interpretation and literary criticism. An additional aim of the course is to prepare students to use literary texts in language teaching both as discussion topics and as a basis for acquiring grammatical structures and vocabulary items.
Syllabus
  • 1. Poetics and stylistcs, Stylistic analysis of literary texts. 2. The style of an author, period, literary movement and genre. 3. Literature as discourse. Domain, tenor and mode of discourse. 4. Poetic discourse: structure, sound symbolism a meaning. 5. Understanding poems. Using poems in creative writing. 6. Exploring point of view in narrative fiction. Linguistic indicators of point of view. 7. Stylized dialogue in fiction. Speech acts and politeness. Dramatising a fictional prose text. 8. Drama structure. Rewriting a drama text as a narrative. Performing a drama text. 9. Exploring the syntactic layer in fiction. Information processing. 10. Stylised registers and genres in fictional prose.
Literature
  • VERDONK, Peter. Stylistics. first published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, xiii, 124. ISBN 9780194372404. info
  • SHORT, Mick. Exploring the language of poems, plays and prose. London: Longman, 1996, xiii, 399. ISBN 0582291305. info
  • Reading, analysing and teaching literature. Edited by Mick Short. Essex: Longman, 1989, viii, 315. ISBN 0582291577. info
  • LEECH, Geoffrey N. A linguistic guide to English poetry. Harlow: Longman, 1969, xv, 237. ISBN 0582550130. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Weekly sessions. Preparation includes reading articles and stylistic analysis of literary texts. Performance during the sessions is the main critearion for getting the credit. Students should also hand in all written assignments.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005.
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