AJ32054 Selected Topics in English Stylistics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 15 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Renáta Tomášková, Dr. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Pelclová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jana Pelclová, 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.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 2/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course presents stylistics as an approach to literary and non-literary texs. The major focus is on functional stylistics in public speeches, on stance and modality in academic writing and on multimodal stylistics.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to apply a variety of approaches towards an analysis of style, including genre analysis, and focuses on applications of the methodologies in analyses of authentic English texts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Functional stylistics, Halliday's systemic functional language and metafunctions
  • 2. Stylistics in academic texts - Hyland's metadiscourse
  • 3. Multimodal stylistics
Literature
    required literature
  • BHATIA, V. J. Worlds of Written Discourse. A Genre-Based View. London: Continuum, 2004.
  • The Routledge handbook of stylistics. Edited by Michael Burke. 1st pub. Abingdon: Routledge, 2014, xviii, 540. ISBN 9781315795331. info
    recommended literature
  • LOVE, A. G., PAYNE, M. Contemporary Essays on Style. Glenview: Scott, Foresman and Pragensia. Vol. XII/2, 2002. Routledge, 1991.
  • FAIRCLOUGH, N. Media Discourse. London: Ewald Arnold, 1995.
  • HALLIDAY, M.A.K. Language as social semiotics. The social interpretation of language and meaning. Bath: The Pitman Press, 1978.
  • URBANOVÁ, L. Stylistika anglického jazyka. Brno: Barrister and Principal, 2008.
  • BELL, A. The Language of the News Media. Oxford: Blackwell, 1991.
  • FOWLER, R. Language in the News: Language and Ideology in the Press. London: 2002
  • URBANOVÁ, L., OAKLAND, A. Úvod do anglické stylistiky. Brno: Barrister and Principal, Brno: MU, 2003.
  • CLARK, U. An Introduction to Stylistics. Cheltenham: Stanley Thornes Ltd., 1996. Company, 1969.
  • WALES, K. A Dictionary of Stylistics. Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd., 2001.
  • FAIRCLOUGH, N. Language and Power. London: Longman, 1989.
  • VACHEK, J. Chapters from Modern Lexicology and Stylistics. Praha: SPN, 1991.
  • LEECH, G. N., SHORT, M. H. Style in Fiction. London: Longman, 1981.
  • SIMPSON, P. Stylistics. A resource book for students. London: Routledge, 2004.
Teaching methods
lecture, group discussion, text analysis
Assessment methods
A research paper based on a stylistic or genre analysis of students' primary data of their PhD project or of a text of their own choice ( around 3000 words).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Autumn 2021, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
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