Course Tittle: STYLISTICS-I           

Course Code: ENG 330 

Credit Hours: 03

 

DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIVES

This course introduces the students to the modern concepts of style as distinguished from the traditional one. The course will introduce the notion of style to the student, 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.

READINGS

  • Carter, R. (1982). Language and Literature.
  • Chapman, R. (1975).  Linguistics and Literature
  • Crystal, D. and Davy, D. (1969). Investigating English Style.
  • Leech, G. (1969). A Linguistic Guide to English Poetry.
  • Widdowson, H.G. (1992). Practical Stylistics

 

CONTENTS

  • What is Style? (Traditional, modern', and linguistic concept of style)
  • What is Stylistics?
  • Branches of Stylistics
  • Levels of Analysis.
  •                         Phonological Level
  •                         Sounds of Poetry
  •                         Metre in poetry
  •                         Style, Rhythm in Pros
  • Syntactical Level.
  •                         Nouns, Verbs
  •                         Adjectives, Adverbs etc
  •                         Phrases, the Clause
  •                         Clause Complexing
  •                         Mood & Modality
  •                         Theme and Rheme
  •                         Transitivity and Meaning
  • Figurative Language.
  • Foregrounding.
  • Parallelism.
  • Norm & Deviation,
  • Point of View.
  • Speech & thought Presentation
  • Discourse,
  •                         Cohesion
  •                         Textuality
  •                         Cause relations.
  •         Pragmatic Analysis of Literature
  •                         Speech Acts
  •                         Deixies
  •                         Implicatures

 

 

 

COURSE SCHEDULE

Week

Topics and Readings

1.

Orientation: Course objectives and contents- What is Style? (Traditional, modern', and linguistic concept of style)

What is Stylistics?

Branches of Stylistics

2.

Levels of Analysis.

Description with examples,

Phonological Level>Sounds of Poetry> Metre in poetry

3.

Syntactical Level.

Nouns, Verbs

Practice

Adjectives, Adverbs etc

4.

Phrases, the Clause>Clause Complexing,

5.

Mood & Modality

6.

Theme and Rheme

7.

Transitivity and Meaning/ Analysis

8.

Transitivity and Meaning/ Analysis

9.

Figurative Language.

10.

Foregrounding.

11.

Parallelism.

Norm & Deviation

12.

Point of View.

Speech & thought Presentation

13.

Discourse

Cohesion, Textuality, Clause relations

14.

Pragmatic Analysis of Literature

Speech Acts

15.

Pragmatic Analysis of Literature

Deixies, Implicatures

16.

Project Submission/Discussion

 

 

RESEARCH PROJECT

A research project comprising 3500-4000 words in the field of the study.

 

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

 

Mid: 30

Sessional: 20

  • Project: 10
  • Presentation: 05
  • Participation: 05

Final exam: 50

Course Material