3. The slant/tone of the text and means of achieving it

4. The content and composition of the text

discrete compositional logical parts (how the theme is developed):

- exposition

- plot complications/conflicts

- climax /culmination

- denouement

- closing/concluding part (ending)

5. The character of the text

(how it helps to form the concept of the text)

type of narrative and narrator:

a. the manner of presentation:

- subjective (type of narrator and narrative perspective)

- objective (type of narrator and narrative perspective)

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b. the choice of the point of view (internal characterisation):

that of the author, the main character or the onlooker’s

c. the image of the author

(how externally it is characterized by specific linguistic means)

d. the form of presentation:

- the author’s speech (the purpose): narration / expository speech / description (panoramic, general view, close-up) / argumentation/persuasion

- the character’s speech: 1/ direct (monologue, dialogue), 2/ inner speech of characters (linguistic features and stylistic functions)

-represented speech: inner/unuttered or outer/ uttered (linguistic features and functions)

6. Characters and type of characterisation:

- direct (the author’s explicit evaluation)

- indirect (through actions, appearance, speech)

7. Stylistic effect of the EM and SD employed by the author

- explanation of the author’s choice of the vocabulary and EM / SD in the light of the concept/message of the text

8. Summing up / synthesis of the text

capitalising on the previously acquired data to formulate the concept / main idea of the text

THE SCHEME FOR TEXT ANALYSIS

(publicistic/media discourse)

1. The definition of the text

- the definition of the style and genre of the text

2. The theme and message of the text

- the main idea(s)

- the key thematic lines

• the reflection of the theme in the choice of vocabulary

3. The general tone of the text

4. Compositional features

- text arrangement - precision, logic and expressive power

- argumentative power

- logical segmentation into SPU and paragraphs

- headlines:

titles and subtitles

the reflection of the theme

structural compression, graphical, lexical means

5. Lexical features

- newspaper cliches and set phrases

- terminological variety

- abbreviations and acronyms

- numerous proper names, toponyms

- international words, dates and figures

6. Syntactical / morphological features

7. Stylistic effect of EM and SD

SEMINAR 1

1. Text as a communicative unit: the definition, its main characteristics, types of text models

2. Basic categories of the text. The category of discreteness:

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• text partitioning (minimal supra-syntactical units)

• text composition: distribution of the plot elements

3. The category of integrity:

• the cohesion of the text; cohesive means

• the coherence of the text;

• factors which ensure coherence

Materials

   

1. R. Galperin Stylistics. – 1981. – p. 193 – 202.

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2. А.Н. Мороховский и др. Стилистика английского языка. - 1991. - c. 200 – 202, 211 – 227.

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3. И.В. Арнольд Стилистика современного английского языка. – 1981. - с. 34 – 40.

4. В.А. Кухаренко Інтерпретація тексту. – 2004. – с. 72 – 79.

Practical assignment

  Analyse (in writing) salient stylistic features of excerpt No 30 on p. 148 – 150 in the book: V. Kukharenko A Book of Practice in Stylistics. - 2000.