AJ22069 Stylistics: A Contrastive Approach

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
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: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable
Thu 11:40–13:15 G22
Prerequisites
! AJ12104 Intro to Stylistics
Desired, but not compulsory, AJ 12104.
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of the course the students will be able to critically evaluate linguistic means used as stylistic devices in selected genres.
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
Literature
  • MANN, Chris and Fiona STEWART. Internet communication and qualitative research : a handbook for researching online. London: Sage Publications, 2000, x, 258. ISBN 0761966277. 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
  • URBANOVÁ, Ludmila and Andrew BILLINGHAM. Gramatika anglického jazyka - štylistika. Vyd. 1. V Prešove: Filozofická fakulta v Prešově, 1986, 124 s. info
  • CRYSTAL, David and Derek DAVY. Investigating English style. 1st pub. London: Longman, 1969, xii, 264. ISBN 0582522129. info
Teaching methods
One 2 hour seminar per week presentations
Assessment methods
Class participation, class presentation + written version, essay.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008.
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