RJB415 Stylistics and Language Norms

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Taťána Juříčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Taťána Juříčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Anastasija Sokolova, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Thursday 14:10–15:45 A31
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 outlines the development of the basic terminology in stylistics (stylistics as the study of text, the development of the conception of “style”, various definitions of “style” and “text”, styles and their typology in connection with different levels of generalization). The concept of “functional style”, the development and the present state of the conception of the functional styles. The stylistic terminology, classification of functional styles, stylistic lexical devices, the stylistic classification of vocabulary, the stylistic use of synonymy, homonymy and polysemy. The basic characteristics and linguistic devices of the style of fiction. The reflection of MORPHOLOGICAL factors in a text, the simplex and complex styles. The differing styles of speech and writing, the transposition between them, the stylization of a speech in a written text. The selected features of a text construction (cohesion, coherence, intertextuality, etc.). In this connection, analogy as well as differences between Czech and Russian are also considered.
Syllabus
  • 1. The basic terminology in stylistics. The limits of stylistics. The concept of functional style, the development and the present state of the conception of functional styles.
  • 2. The colloquial style. Its characteristic features.
  • 3. The style of the professional literature. The inner differentiation of style. The vocabulary and structure of this type of style.
  • 4. The administrative style. The characteristic features of the administrative style. The typical genres and examples of this kind of style. Its norms and means.
  • 5. The news style = journalistic style. The written journalistic text versus the spoken one. The genres, examples and means of this type of style.
  • 6. The style of fiction. Its characteristic features and linguistic devices. The genres and examples of the style.
  • 7. The stylistic classification of vocabulary.
  • 8. The literary and colloquial expressions - slang, jargon, argot.
  • 9. The expressivity of words connected with emotionality. Vulgarisms, flattering words. Familiar and childish words. Positive and negative emotionality.
  • 10. Time scope. Lexeme as a part of a linguistic norm. Neologisms, archaisms and historicisms.
  • 11. A word in a context. The stylistic use of synonymy, homonymy and polysemy.
  • 12. Figurative meaning – metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, symbol, allegory, personification, hyperbole, irony, etc.
  • 13. Simile as a means of both the style of fiction and professional literature. Antithesis, apostrophe, figures (esp. in poetry) – anaphora, antistrophe and synonymous expressions.
Literature
  • ROZENTAL', Ditmar El'jaševič. Praktičeskaja stilistika russkogo jazyka. Moskva: Vysšaja škola, 1987. info
  • ČEREMISINA, Ninel' Vasil'jevna and Ivan Fedorovič PROTČENKO. Leksikologija i stilistika v prepodavanii russkogo jazyka kak inostrannogo : dinamika, ekspressija, ekonomija. Moskva: Russkij jazyk, 1986. info
  • SENKEVIČ, Majja Petrovna. Praktičeskaja stilistika russkogo jazyka i literaturnoje redaktirovanije : sbornik upražnenij. Moskva: Vysšaja škola, 1980. info
  • KOŽINA, Margarita Nikolajevna. Stilistika russkogo jazyka. Moskva: Prosveščenije, 1977, 222 stran. info
  • GOLUB, Irina Borisovna. Stilistika sovremennogo russkogo jazyka : leksika, fonika. Moskva: Vysšaja škola, 1976. info
  • PUCHLJAKOVÁ, Helena. Semantika i stilistika obščich češskich i russkich slov. 1967, 354 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, papers, practical demonstration of separate functional "styles".
Assessment methods
The course has a form of a lecture and a class discussion. Exam: written test.
Language of instruction
Russian
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Autumn 2001, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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