AJ42014 Introduction to Stylistics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2005
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jitka Vlčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ41010 Examination in English
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
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Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction. Def. of style and stylistics 2. The language of religion and political speech. Role of prosody. 3. Functional styles: scientific and technical English. Synopses. 4. Administrative style. Letters, instructions. 5. Legal documents 6. The language of media (journalese). Newspapers 7. The language of media. Advertising. 8. Narrative structure (in a short narrative). 9. Dialogic structure in prose. 10. Style in popular fiction 11. Ideologies and Metalanguages: the language of criticism. 12. Test LITERATURA BOOKS to study: -------------- These are very often available only in one copy. As there is a whole range of them, they may be well complementing each other and thus enable you to contribute creatively to the discussion in the class. Some books are available at the Pedagogical Facultz. Beaugrande, R.de: Text production. Toward a science of composition. .Coulthart, R.M. et Sinclair, : Towards an analysis of discourse: the English used by teachers and pupils. .Crystal, D., Davy, D.: Investigating English Style Dijk, van.: Text and Context: explorations in the semantics and pragmatics of discourse Edsmondson,W.: Spoken discourse, a model for analysis Grimes, J.E.:Papers on discourse Ghadessy. M.: Registers of written English Fairclough : Language and power Fowler,R.: Language in the news Fowler, R. The languages of literature Fowler, R. Understanding language Halliday,M.: Introduction to functional grammar Knittlova,D. : Chapters from English Stylistics Kress, G. Language as ideology Leech, : Linguistic guide to English poetry Nash,W.: Language in popular fiction
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
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