AJL52015 Topics in Linguistics: Stylistics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 7 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jitka Vlčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Jitka Vlčková, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Upon completion of this course the student will have a general knowledge of linguistic patterns used as typical stylistic devices in selected genres and will be able to carry out a critical analysis of a text.
Syllabus
  • 1.Text, style and stylistics. 2.Functional styles: language of science 3.Functional styles: technical English. Synopses. 4.Administrative style. Letters, instructions. 5.Legal documents. 6.Language of media (journalese). Newspapers. 7.Language of media. Advertising. 8.Language of religion and political speech. Role of prosody. 9.Narrative structure (short narrative). 10.Dialogic structure in prose. 11.Popular fiction. 12.Ideologies and metalanguages; criticism
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
  • PROPP, Vladimir Jakovlevič. Morfologie pohádky a jiné studie. Translated by Miroslav Červenka - Marcela Pittermannová - Hana Šmahelová. Vyd. tohoto souboru 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1999, 362 s. ISBN 8086022161. info
  • FOWLER, Roger. Language in the news : discourse and ideology in the press. London: Routledge, 1991, x, 254. ISBN 0415014182. info
  • KNITTLOVÁ, Dagmar. Funkční styly v angličtině a češtině. 2nd ed. Olomouc: Filozofická fakulta, 1990, 100 pp. info
  • CARTER, Ronald and Walter NASH. Seeing Through Language. 1st ed. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1990, 265 pp. Language Library. ISBN 0-631-15134-6. info
  • Registers of written English :situational factors and linguistic features. Edited by Mohsen Ghadessy. London: Pinter Publishers, 1988, ix, 184 s. ISBN 0-86187-989-9. info
  • LEECH, Geoffrey N. and Mick SHORT. Style in fiction : a linguistic introduction to English fictional prose. London: Longman, 1981, xiii, 402. ISBN 0582291038. info
  • SINCLAIR, John McHardy and Richard Malcolm COULTHARD. Towards an analysis of discourse : the English used by teachers and pupils. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1975, iv, 163 p. ISBN 0-19-436011-325. info
  • CRYSTAL, David and Derek DAVY. Investigating English style. 1st pub. London: Longmans, 1969, xii, 264. ISBN 0582550114. info
Teaching methods
2 hour seminars
Assessment methods
Class presentation 10% Essay 90%
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: This course is NOT designated for Erasmus students! List of courses offerd by the Department of English and American studies for Erasmsus students is available at http://www.phil.muni.cz/wkaa/ under "Information for Erasmus students".
Teacher's information
http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=223
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