FJ3053 Selected Topics in French Stylistics

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marcela Poučová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Václava Bakešová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Václava Bakešová, Ph.D.
Department of French Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Barbora Hůrková
Supplier department: Department of French Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The goal of the course is to acquire basic knowledge of general stylistics and stylistically correct written expression. Special attention will be paid to comparative aspects of Czech and French languages, especially concerning phonostylistics and translation. Different stylistic figures will be analyzed and theoretical knowledge will be applied in practice. The course is based on the selection of the chapters concerning stylistic expressions in specialized texts from the fields of business, art, journalistic, publicity and current conversations. The texts will be analyzed on the phonetic, graphic, morphologic, syntactic, lexical and textual level. In the seminars, the students are taught to analyze the texts in a critical manner and are at the same time the students learn to write their own texts and compare specific opinions on the discussed issues. Emphasis is placed on the use of linguistic knowledge and skills gained thanks to the courses of Morphology, Phonetics, Syntax and Lexicology.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the students: -gain basic knowledge of general stylistics -adopt stylistically correct discourse -are able to compare aspects of French and Czech languages concerning phonostylistics and translation -are able to analyze different stylistic figures -are able to apply their knowledge and skills in practice
Syllabus
  • 1. Rhetoric and Stylistics: History, Definitions, Terminology. 2. Styles, language and grammar 3.System comparison of two languages (French and Czech). Translation problems. 4.Fonostylistics. 5. Text grammar (text coherence). 6.Denotation, connotation in the context of studied languages. 7.Stylistic figures: comparison, metaphor, metonymy, synechoke, antithesis, eufemism, litotes, pleonasm, calamba, anaphora, gradation, ellipse ...
Literature
  • Théron, M., (2018) La stylistique expliquée. Paris. BoD. ISBN 9782322081363.
  • Calas, F. (2015) Leçon de stylistique. Paris. Armand Colin. ISBN 978-2-200-60071-6.
  • Fromilhague, C; Sancier-Château, A. (2016) Introduction à l'analyse stylistique: Méthode et applications. Paris. Armand Colin. ISBN 978-2-200-61474-4.
  • Kokelberg, J. (1991). Les techniques du style. Paris: Nathan.
  • Šabršula, J. (1990). Problèmes de la stylistique comparée du français et du tchèque. Praha: Univerzita Karlova.
Teaching methods
Seminary, discussion, presentation.
Assessment methods
Workshop Ending: credit. Requirements for ending: meet the workshop requirements and the active participation
Language of instruction
French
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinované studium 4 hod. konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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