Basics of English Stylistics. Учебное пособие
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Near the river, while the owl dived and the rabbit died, an old gray house with a swaying dock slept in shadows. Beyond, rising over a long, lush spread of grass, a great white manor stood watchful in the moonlight.
Between them, teeming with life, vigorous with death, the bayou laid its line.” [17, p. 1–2].
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Assignment I. Introduction. Stylistic Classification of the English
Vocabulary
1.Varieties of Language
2.Development of the literary (standard) language.
3.Meaning from a stylistic point of view.
4.General considerations of stylistic classification of the vocabulary
5.Neutral. Common literary and common colloquial vocabulary
6.Specialliteraryvocabulary:terms,poetic,archaic(archaic,obsolescent, obsolete), barbarisms (foreign), literary coinages (nonce-words).
7.Special Colloquial vocabulary: slang, jargonisms, professionalisms, dialectal, vulgarisms, colloquial coinages.
Practical analysis
Basic reading:
АрнольдИ.В.Стилистика.Современныйанглийскийязык.–2016.–
С. 150–182.
Galperin I. R. Stylistics. – 1977. – Р. 70–123.
Skrebnev Y. M. Fundamentals of English Stylistics. – 2000. – Р. 52–76. Znamenskaya T. A. Stylistics of the English Language. Fundamentals of
the Course. – 2002. – Р. 9–28.
Wales K. A Dictionary of Stylistics. – 2001.
Jeffries L., McIntyre D. Stylistics. – 2010. – Р. 11–28.
Assignment 2. Stylistic Morphology
1.General Morphology and Stylistic Morphology
2.The Category of Case
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3.The Category of Number
4.The Category of Tense
5.The Category of Mood
6.The Category of Person
Practical Analysis
Basic Reading
АрнольдИ.В.Стилистика.Современныйанглийскийязык.–2016.–
С. 191–216.
Skrebnev Y. M. Fundamentals of English Stylistics. 2000. – Р. 46–51, 133–134.
Znamenskaya T. A. Stylistics of the English Language. Fundamentals of the Course. – 2002. – Р. 87–106.
Assignment 3. Phonetic EM and SD. Poetry
1.General notes
2.Graphons
3.Onomatopoeia
4.Emphatic Intonation
5.Alliteration, assonance
6.Aesthetic evaluation of sounds
Basic Reading:
АрнольдИ.В.Стилистика.Современныйанглийскийязык.–2016.–
С. 275–315.
Galperin I. R. Stylistics. 1977. – P. 123–135.
Skrebnev Y. M. Fundamentals of English Stylistics. – 2000. – P. 37–45. Znamenskaya T. A. Stylistics of the English Language. Fundamentals of
the Course. – 2002. – P. 9–28.
Wales K. A Dictionary of Stylistics. – 2001.
Assignment 4. Language of poetry: compositional patterns of rhythmical arrangement
1.Rhyme
2.Rhythm
3.Meter and line
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4.The stanza
5.Free verse and Accented verse
6.Lexical and syntactical features of verse
Stylistic analysis of poetry
Basic Reading:
АрнольдИ.В.Стилистика.Современныйанглийскийязык.–2016.–
С. 275–315.
Galperin I. R. Stylistics. – 1977. – P. 252–269.
Skrebnev Y. M. Fundamentals of English Stylistics. – 2000. – P. 122– 132.
Wales K. A Dictionary of Stylistics. – 2001.
Assignment 5. Lexical EM and SD
1.Emotive prose
2.Intentional mixing of the stylistic aspect of words
3.Interaction of primary dictionary and contextually imposed meanings
4.Metaphor
5.Metonymy
6.Irony
7.Interaction of primary and derivative logical meanings, polysemantic
effect
8.Zeugma
9.Pun
Stylistic analysis of emotive prose
Basic Reading:
АрнольдИ.В.Стилистика.Современныйанглийскийязык.–2016.–
С. 150–182.
Bradford R. Stylistics. London and New York: Routledge. – 2005. – P. 184–200.
Galperin I. R. Stylistics. – 1977. – P. 136–153. Jeffries L., McIntyre D. Stylistics. – 2010. – P. 34–61.
Skrebnev Y. M. Fundamentals of English Stylistics. – 2000. – P. 97–121. Wales K. A Dictionary of Stylistics. – 2001.
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Assignment 6. Lexical EM and SD
1.Interaction of logical and emotive meanings
2.Interjections and exclamatory words
3.The epithet
4.Oxymoron
5.Interaction of logical and nominal meanings. Antonomasia
6.Simile
7.Periphrasis
8.Euphemism
9.Hyperbole, meiosis
Stylistic analysis of emotive prose
Basic Reading:
АрнольдИ.В.Стилистика.Современныйанглийскийязык.–2016.–
С. 150–182.
Bradford R. Stylistics. – 2005. – P. 184–200.
Galperin I. R. Stylistics. – 1977. – P. 154–176. Jeffries L., McIntyre D. Stylistics. – 2010. – P. 34–61.
Skrebnev Y. M. Fundamentals of English Stylistics. – 2000. – P. 143–
165.
Wales K. A Dictionary of Stylistics. – 2001.
Assignment 7. Lexical EM and SD
1.Peculiar use of set expressions
2.The Cliché
3.Proverbs and sayings
4.Epigrams
5.Quotations
6.Allusions
7.Allegory
8.Decomposition of set expressions
Stylistic analysis of emotive prose Test on Lexical SDs
Basic Reading:
Galperin I. R. Stylistics. – 1977. – P. 177–190.
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Bradford R. Stylistics. – 2005. – P. 184–200.
Jeffries L., McIntyre D. Stylistics. – 2010. – P. 34–61.
Wales K. A Dictionary of Stylistics. – 2001.
Assignment 8. Syntactical EM and SD
1.General Considerations
2.Supra–Phrasal Units
3.The Paragraph
4.Inversion
5.Detached Constructions
6.Parallel Constructions
7.Chiasmus (reversed parallelism)
8.Repetition
9.Enumeration
10.Suspense
11.Climax, back gradation
12.Antithesis
Stylistic analysis of emotive prose
Basic Reading:
АрнольдИ.В.Стилистика.Современныйанглийскийязык.–2016.–
С. 217–255.
Galperin I. R. Stylistics. – 1977. – P. 191–224.
Skrebnev Y. M. Fundamentals of English Stylistics. – 2000. – P. 77–96. Wales K. A Dictionary of Stylistics. – 2001.
Znamenskaya T. A. Stylistics of the English Language. Fundamentals of the Course. – 2002. – P. 110–116.
Assignment 9. Syntactical EM and SD
1.Asyndeton
2.Polysyndeton
3.The Gap–sentence Link
4.Ellipsis
5.Break–in–the–Narrative (Aposiopesis)
6.Question–in–the–Narrative
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EXAM QUESTIONS
7.Uttered Represented Speech
8.Unuttered or inner represented speech
Stylistic analysis of emotive prose
Basic Reading:
АрнольдИ.В.Стилистика.Современныйанглийскийязык.–2016.–
С. 217–255.
Bradford R. Stylistics. – 2005. – P. 184–200.
Galperin I. R. Stylistics. – 1977. – P. 225–243.
Skrebnev Y. M. Fundamentals of English Stylistics. – 2000. – P. 139–
142.
Wales K. A Dictionary of Stylistics. – 2001.
Assignment 10. Syntactical EM and SD
1.Rhetorical Questions
2.Litotes
3.Parenthesis
Stylistic analysis of emotive prose Test on Syntactical SDs
Basic Reading:
АрнольдИ.В.Стилистика.Современныйанглийскийязык.–2016.–
С. 217–255.
Galperin I. R. Stylistics. – 1977. – P. 244–248.
Wales K. A Dictionary of Stylistics. – 2001.
Bradford R. Stylistics. – 2005. – P. 184–200.
EXAM QUESTIONS
1.Development of the literary (standard) language.
2.Meaning from a stylistic point of view.
3.General considerations of stylistic classification of the vocabulary
4.Neutral. Common literary and common colloquial vocabulary
5.Special literary vocabulary: terms, poetic, archaic (archaic, obsolescent, obsolete), barbarisms (foreign), literary coinages (noncewords)
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6.Special Colloquial vocabulary: slang, jargonisms, professionalisms, dialectal, vulgarisms, colloquial coinages.
7.Graphons
8.Onomatopoeia
9.Emphatic Intonation
10.Alliteration, aesthetic evaluation of sounds
11.Rhyme, Rhythm, Meter and line, the Stanza, Free verse andAccented
verse
12.Lexical and syntactical features of verse
13.General Morphology and Stylistic Morphology
14.The Category of Case
15.The Category of Number
16.The Category of Tense
17.The Category of Mood
18.The Category of Person
19.Interactionofprimarydictionaryandcontextuallyimposedmeanings (metaphor, metonymy, irony)
20.Interactionofprimaryandderivativelogicalmeanings(polysemantic effect, zeugma, pun)
21.Interaction of logical and emotive meanings (interjections and exclamatory words, the epithet, oxymoron)
22.Interaction of logical and nominative meanings. Antonomasia
23.Intensification of a certain feature (simile, periphrasis, euphemism, hyperbole)
24.Peculiar use of set expressions, the Cliché, proverbs and sayings, epigrams, quotations
25.Allusions
26.Decomposition of set expressions
27.Detached Constructions
28.Parallel Constructions
29.Repetition
30.Enumeration,
31.Climax
32.Suspense
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33.Antithesis
34.Asyndeton
35.Polysyndeton
36.The Gap-sentence Link
37.Ellipsis
38.Break-in-the-Narrative (Aposiopesis)
39.Question-in-the-Narrative
40.Uttered Represented Speech, Unuttered or inner represented speech
41.Rhetorical Questions
42.Litotes
GLOSSARY
Allegory – extending a metaphor through an entire speech or passage so that objects, persons, and actions in the text are equated with meanings that lie outside the text.
Alliteration – a deliberate repetition of the same consonant at the beginning of words which come close together.
Allusion – reference to a well know literal character, historic event or figure.
Anticlimax – the decrease of the utterance intensity.
Antithesis – juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. Antonomasia – substitution of a title, epithet, or descriptive phrase for
a proper name (or of a personal name for a common name) to designate a member of a group or class.
Aposiopesis – an unfinished thought or broken sentence.
Assonance – a noticeable recurrence of the same vowel sound, especially in poetry.
Asyndeton – omission of obligatory conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses.
Backgradation–theweakeningofintensityinastringofhomogeneous words.
Catachresis – an extreme, far-fetched or mixed metaphor; strained or
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deliberately paradoxical figure of speech; substitution of an inexact word in place of the correct one.
Chiasmus–asentencepatterninwhichthesecondhalfofanexpression is balanced against the first but with the words in reverse grammatical order (A–B–C, C–B–A).
Climax – mounting by degrees though words or sentences of increasing weight and in parallel constructions, with the emphasis on the high point.
Detachment – a grammatically isolated or semantically connected word combination.
Ellipsis – omission of one or more words, which must be supplied by the listener or reader, especially subject, predicate or its part.
Enumeration – a succession of phrases of approximately equal length and corresponding structures.
Epithet – an evaluative words used in the attributive function. Euphemism – substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered
offensively explicit.
Feet – a regular pattern of one stressed and one or two unstressed syllables, used in poetry.
Gradation – a gradual increase in intensity of meaning with words arranged in ascending order of force or importance.
Graphon – a deliberate misspelling of a word to render authentic pronunciation of the character.
Hyperbole – an extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis of heightened effect.
Inner (unuttered) represented speech – an imitation of a dialogue of the character in his mind.
Irony – use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. A statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea.
Litotes – a negative construction consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposition.
Meiosis – to belittle by using deliberately weaker words.
Metaphor – an implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common.
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Metonymy – a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated.
Metre – the number of poetic feet in a line, used in poetry. Onomatopoeia – show the acoustic picture of reality by language
means.
Oxymoron – a figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side.
Parallelism – the occurrence of syntactically similar clauses or sentences.
Periphrasis – use of a longer descriptive phrase instead of a shorter one for stylistic effect.
Polysyndeton – a style that employs too many conjunctions.
Pun – a play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words, based on polysemy or homonymy.
Question-in-the-narrative – the use of question forms in a narration the answers to which are obvious or giver by the speaker.
Repetition – the occurrence of the same lexeme or syntactical structure in a noticeable manner.
Represented speech – the orally intended speech rendered not in a dialogical form.
Rhetorical question – raising a question which is actually a statement.
Rhyme – the repetition of the same or similar vowels at the end of verse lines, connecting them in poetry.
Rhythm – a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, used in poetry.
Simile – a stated comparison (usually formed with ‘like’ or ‘as’) between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.
Stanza – a combination of two or more lines with a similar rhyming pattern as part of poetry.
Style – is a set of linguistic and extralinguistic peculiarities which differentiate one group of homogeneous texts from the other groups of texts.
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