Course Tittle: STYLISTICS-II

Course Code: ENG-335

Credit Hours:03

Semester: Spring 2020

DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIVES

This course introduces the modern concepts of style to the students as distinguished from the traditional one. The course will introduce the notion of style to the students, both in literary and non-literary discourses from a purely linguistic perspective. This also includes a comparison of style in literary and non-literary discourses in the context of genre leading to the identification of different registers.

Students get to understand how insights from linguistics can be applied in the analysis of nonliterary texts, in order to explain how texts mean and what interpretative effects such texts have on readers.

SLOs

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• describe the different styles involved in the communication process
• describe the theory and practice of Functional styles
• recognize different registers and use them in suitable situations
• point out various principles of literary appreciation
• distinguish among various Registers and Genres
• know what are the fundamental principles of stylistics and how are these reflected in current research

COURSE CONTENTS

• Style & Stylistics
• Text types
• Concept of Register
• Concept of Genre
• Register n Genre Analysis
• Levels of Analysis (Foregrounding)
  1. Phonology
  2. Graphology
  3. Lexis 
  4. Morphology
  5. Syntax
  6. Discourse
• Language of Advertisement
• Language of Recipes
• Language of Legal Documents
• Language of Religion
• Language of Conversation
• Language of Unscripted of Commentary
• Language of Newspaper Reporting
• Difference between Literary and non-literary Text

RECOMMENDED BOOKS

• Biber, D. (2009). Register, Genre and Style. New York: Cambridge
• Burke, M. (Ed). (2014). The Routledge Handbook of Stylistics. New York: Routledge
• Goddard, A. (2001). The Language of Advertising. London: Routledge.
• Leech, G. (1969). A Linguistic Guide to English Poetry. London: Longman.
• Leech, G. (2007). Style in Fiction. London: Pearson
• Liddicoat, A.J. (2007). An Introduction to Conversation Analysis. New York: Continuum.
• Maquire, W., & McMohan, A. (Eds). (2011). Analysing Variation in English. New York: Cambridge.
• Pridham, F. (2001). The Language of Conversation. London: Routledge.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

• Mid Term Exam:                                  30
• Sessional:                                            20
• Final exam:                                          50

CLASS SCHEDULE

BS VI - REG

• Wednesday - Friday
• 10:00-11:00

BS-VI SS

• Monday- Tuesday
• 3:30-5:00

ACADEMIC CALENDAR (Initially implemented)

• Commencement of Classes: January 13, 2020
• Mid-Term Examination: March 9-13, 2020
• Final Term Examination: My 4-8, 2020
• (PS: The Academic Calendar has been revised due to Covid-19 Pandemic)