FF:AJ12104 Intro to Stylistics - Course Information

AJ12104 Introduction to Stylistics

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 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

Wed 8:20–9:55 G32

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ09999 Qualifying Examination

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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

This course will deal with patterns of language use in written English and Czech. Based on the concept that textual analysis is a perspective which makes ideological structures tangible, the aim is to pinpoint the differences in stylistics of functional varieties of the two languages: the lexis and syntax and last, but not least, the information structure. A knowledge of the differences makes it easier for the translator to find adequate means in the target language. The texts will include examples of scientific and technical English, synopses, administrative style (letters, instructions), legal documents, the language of media, advertising, criticism, religion and the narrative structure of a short narrative.

Syllabus

• 1.Text, style and stylistics. 2.Functional styles: language of science 3.Functional styles: technical English. Synopses. 4.Administrative style. Letters, instructions. 5.Legal documents. 6.Language of media (journalese). Newspapers. 7.Language of media. Advertising. 8.Language of religion and political speech. Role of prosody. 9.Narrative structure (short narrative). 10.Dialogic structure in prose. 11.Popular fiction. 12.Ideologies and metalanguages; criticism

Literature

• MINÁŘOVÁ, Eva, Marie KRČMOVÁ, Jan CHLOUPEK and Marie ČECHOVÁ. Současná česká stylistika (Stylistics of the Contemporary Czech Language). 1st ed. Praha: ISV nakladatelství, 2003, 342 pp. none. ISBN 80-86642-00-3. info
• PROPP, Vladimir Jakovlevič. Morfologie pohádky a jiné studie. Translated by Miroslav Červenka - Marcela Pittermannová - Hana Šmahelová. Vyd. tohoto souboru 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1999, 362 s. ISBN 8086022161. info
• FOWLER, Roger. Language in the news : discourse and ideology in the press. London: Routledge, 1991, x, 254. ISBN 0415014182. 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
• LEECH, Geoffrey N. and Mick SHORT. Style in fiction : a linguistic introduction to English fictional prose. London: Longman, 1981, xiii, 402. ISBN 0582291038. info
• SINCLAIR, John McHardy and Richard Malcolm COULTHARD. Towards an analysis of discourse : the English used by teachers and pupils. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1975, iv, 163 p. ISBN 0-19-436011-325. info
• CRYSTAL, David and Derek DAVY. Investigating English style. 1st pub. London: Longmans, 1969, xii, 264. ISBN 0582550114. info

Assessment methods

Class presentation 20% Essay 80%

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

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