Introduction and 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.

Course Contents:
1.  What is Style? (Traditional, modern', and linguistic concept of style)
2.  What is Stylistics?
3.  Branches of Stylistics
4.  Levels of Analysis
           Phonological Level
           Sounds of Poetry
           Metre in poetry
           Style, Rhythm in Prose
5.  Syntactical Level
           Nouns, Verbs
           Adjectives, Adverbs etc.
           Phrases, The Clause
           Clause Complexing
           Mood & Modality
           Theme and Rhyme
           Transitivity and Meaning.
6.  Figurative Language
7.  Foregrounding
8.  Parallelism
9.  Norm & Deviation
10. Point of View
11. Speech & thought Presentation
12. Discourse
                Cohesion
                Textuality
                Cause relations
13. Pragmatic Analysis of Literature
                 Speech Acts
                 Deixies
                 Impicatures

Recommended readings:

· Chapman, R. (1975) Linguistics and Literature
· Carter, R. (1982), Language 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

Credit Hours: 03

Class Timings (Fall 2020)

BS V (Regular)

Monday: 01:00-04:00 pm

Assessment:

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