AJ3DC_LISE Literary Stylistics

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/0/12. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ3DC_LISE/OS01: Fri 9. 10. 7:30–9:10 učebna 6, Fri 23. 10. 7:30–9:10 učebna 6, Fri 6. 11. 7:30–9:10 učebna 6, Fri 20. 11. 7:30–9:10 učebna 6, Fri 4. 12. 7:30–9:10 učebna 6, Fri 18. 12. 7:30–9:10 učebna 6, O. Dontcheva-Navrátilová
Prerequisites
Advanced level of 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
Course objectives
The course introduces the students to a stylistic analysis of literary texts. It focuses on foregrounding, stylistic markers at different language layers, narrative stylistics, choices of point of view 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.
At the end of this course, students should be able to understand and be able to explain the main stylistic features of a literary text, interpret literary texts and motivate their interpretation. An additional objective of this 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.
Throughout the semester students are encouraged to link theory in the classroom to practice at schools via practical tasks.
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. Narrative stylistics.
  • 7. Exploring point of view in narrative fiction. Linguistic indicators of point of view.
  • 8. Stylized dialogue in fiction. Speech acts and politeness. Dramatising a fictional prose text.
  • 9. Drama structure. Rewriting a drama text as a narrative. Performing a drama text.
  • 10. Stylised registers and genres in fictional prose.
  • 11. Discussion of the use of literary texts in the language classroom observed during teaching practice.
Literature
  • SHORT, Mick. Exploring the language of poems, plays and prose. London: Longman, 1996, xiii, 399. ISBN 0582291305. 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
  • LEECH, Geoffrey N. A linguistic guide to English poetry. Harlow: Longman, 1969, xv, 237. ISBN 0582550130. info
  • VERDONK, Peter. Stylistics. first published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, xiii, 124. ISBN 9780194372404. info
  • WALES, Katie. A dictionary of stylistics. 2nd ed. Harlow: Longman, 2001, viii, 429. ISBN 0582317371. info
  • Reading, analysing and teaching literature. Edited by Mick Short. Essex: Longman, 1989, viii, 315. ISBN 0582291577. info
Teaching methods
Seminars including class discussions; homeworks; reading assignments. Tasks for teaching practice.
Assessment methods
Continuous assessment based on presence and performance at seminars.
Three written assignments - passmark 70% or
Seminar work - passmark 70%.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1138
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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