A Proposed Course Outline for Stylistics
adapted from
faculty.ksu.edu.sa/zmaalej/Documents/0%20Stylistics.pptx and
http://stylisticwriting.wordpress.com
Course Description:
The course aims to introduce students to general issues in the stylistics of adjectives, nouns, adverbs, modal, mood, nominalization, passivization, and pronouns. In particular, the course considers language as a symbolic, and correlates syntactic structure with socio-cultural meanings and psychological effects. Course Objectives:
The course aims to:
žSensitize students to the role of parts of speech in creating and guiding meaning;
žEquip oneself with theoretical toolkits to cope with text analysis;
žRaise students’ awareness about the relation between language as a mental and cultural phenomenon;
žDraw one's attention to the fact that language carries and guides knowledge of the world;
žArticulate an inward perception of the workings of a language and situate verbal technique of particular poems, short stories, extracts from novels, advertisements and plays.
Scope and Sequence:
Unit I. What do we mean by style?
A. What is style?
-say what you mean
-say it in the appropriate tone
B. Wordiness
C. Verb trouble
D. Ostentatious erudition
Unit II. Stylistic Writing
A. Sentence Style
Combining Sentence
Sentence Variety
Varying Sentence length
Eliminating unnecessary be verbs
Introducing quotations
Fresh and precise adjectives
Unit III. Two types of Grammar that students should be aware of
-say what you mean
-say it in the appropriate tone
B. Wordiness
C. Verb trouble
D. Ostentatious erudition
Unit II. Stylistic Writing
A. Sentence Style
Combining Sentence
Sentence Variety
Varying Sentence length
Eliminating unnecessary be verbs
Introducing quotations
Fresh and precise adjectives
Unit III. Two types of Grammar that students should be aware of
A. “Big G” Grammar
Part of Speech B. “Little g” Grammar
Repetition
The Sentence Fragment
The Labyrinth Sentence
Orthographic Variation
Double Voice
The List of Words
Unit IV. Stylistic Devices (Rhetorical Devices, Figures of Speech)
Part of Speech B. “Little g” Grammar
Repetition
The Sentence Fragment
The Labyrinth Sentence
Orthographic Variation
Double Voice
The List of Words
Unit IV. Stylistic Devices (Rhetorical Devices, Figures of Speech)
A. Alliteration
B. Allusion
C. Anaphora
D. Antithesis
E. Hyperbole
F. Hyphopora
G. Litotes
H. Metaphor
I. Metonymy
J. Points of View
K. Onomatopoeia
L. Paralyse
M. Parenthesis
O. Rhetorical Question
P. Simile
Q. Synecdoche
R. Understatement
Unit V. Gender Fair Language (by Jenny R. Redfern)
A. Sexist Language
B. Guidelines for Gender Fair Use of Language
Unit VI. Language in Literature (An Introduction to Stylistics)
A. Getting Started
“Here” by Philip Larkin
“This is a Photograph of Me” by Margaret Atwood
“Inspiration” and “Skunk Hour” by Robert Lowell
Unit VII. Cohesion: Making text
A. What is cohesion?
B. Kinds of Cohesion
Reference
Ellipses
Conjunction
Lexical
Unit VIII. Modality and Attitude
A. Expressing modality: Modal Verbs
B. The Meaning of Will: Modality or Futurity
C. Methaphorized and Advanced Modality
D. Generic Sentences
E. “Living in Sin” by Adriene Rich
Unit IX. Processes and Participants
A. Material Processes
B. Mental Processes
C. Verbal Processes
D. Relational Processes
E. Behavioural Processes
F. Existential Processes
G. Literary Works Cited
“The Whitsun Weddings” by Philip Larkin
“The Conservationist” by Nadine Godimer
“Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold
“Sonnet 65” by William Shakespeare
Unit X. Recording Speech and Thought
A. Direct Thought
B. Indirect Thought
C. Direct Speech
D. Indirect Speech
E. Direct Speech
F. Free Indirect Speech
G. Free Indirect Discourse
H. Free Indirect Thought
I. Narrative Reports of Discoursal Acts
J. Pure Narrative
K. Works Cited
“Mansfield Park” by Jane Austen
“Hezrog” by Saul Bellow
“Rabbit is Rich” by John Updike
“Scouse Grit: Jimmy McGovern” by Robet Crampton
Unit XI. Narrative Structure
A. What is Narration?
B. Elements
1. Abstract
2. Orientation
3. Complicating Action
4. Evaluation
5. Resolution
6. Coda
C. Works Cited
1. “An Ulster Twilight” by Seramus Heany
2. “The Chimney Sweeper” by William Blake
3. “Wobbles: The Story of Syndicalism in the United States
Unit XII. A Few Well Chosen Words (Diction)
Diction
Work Cited
“La Belle Dames sans Merci” (Pitiless Beauty) by John Keats
Metaphor
Unit XIII. Talking: Acts of Give and Take
Talk: The Basics
Identifying acts functionally and formally
Complex acts, marginal cases and phatic “stroking”
Works Cited
“ Cloud Nine” by Carryl Churchill
“The Secret Rapture: Scene Six” by David Hare
“ Crazy Jane” by W. B. Keats
Unit XIV. Presupposition
B. Allusion
C. Anaphora
D. Antithesis
E. Hyperbole
F. Hyphopora
G. Litotes
H. Metaphor
I. Metonymy
J. Points of View
K. Onomatopoeia
L. Paralyse
M. Parenthesis
O. Rhetorical Question
P. Simile
Q. Synecdoche
R. Understatement
Unit V. Gender Fair Language (by Jenny R. Redfern)
A. Sexist Language
B. Guidelines for Gender Fair Use of Language
Unit VI. Language in Literature (An Introduction to Stylistics)
A. Getting Started
“Here” by Philip Larkin
“This is a Photograph of Me” by Margaret Atwood
“Inspiration” and “Skunk Hour” by Robert Lowell
Unit VII. Cohesion: Making text
A. What is cohesion?
B. Kinds of Cohesion
Reference
Ellipses
Conjunction
Lexical
Unit VIII. Modality and Attitude
A. Expressing modality: Modal Verbs
B. The Meaning of Will: Modality or Futurity
C. Methaphorized and Advanced Modality
D. Generic Sentences
E. “Living in Sin” by Adriene Rich
Unit IX. Processes and Participants
A. Material Processes
B. Mental Processes
C. Verbal Processes
D. Relational Processes
E. Behavioural Processes
F. Existential Processes
G. Literary Works Cited
“The Whitsun Weddings” by Philip Larkin
“The Conservationist” by Nadine Godimer
“Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold
“Sonnet 65” by William Shakespeare
Unit X. Recording Speech and Thought
A. Direct Thought
B. Indirect Thought
C. Direct Speech
D. Indirect Speech
E. Direct Speech
F. Free Indirect Speech
G. Free Indirect Discourse
H. Free Indirect Thought
I. Narrative Reports of Discoursal Acts
J. Pure Narrative
K. Works Cited
“Mansfield Park” by Jane Austen
“Hezrog” by Saul Bellow
“Rabbit is Rich” by John Updike
“Scouse Grit: Jimmy McGovern” by Robet Crampton
Unit XI. Narrative Structure
A. What is Narration?
B. Elements
1. Abstract
2. Orientation
3. Complicating Action
4. Evaluation
5. Resolution
6. Coda
C. Works Cited
1. “An Ulster Twilight” by Seramus Heany
2. “The Chimney Sweeper” by William Blake
3. “Wobbles: The Story of Syndicalism in the United States
Unit XII. A Few Well Chosen Words (Diction)
Diction
Work Cited
“La Belle Dames sans Merci” (Pitiless Beauty) by John Keats
Metaphor
Unit XIII. Talking: Acts of Give and Take
Talk: The Basics
Identifying acts functionally and formally
Complex acts, marginal cases and phatic “stroking”
Works Cited
“ Cloud Nine” by Carryl Churchill
“The Secret Rapture: Scene Six” by David Hare
“ Crazy Jane” by W. B. Keats
Unit XIV. Presupposition
Presupposition vs. assertion
Lexical Presuppositions
Works Cited
“Speaker Chokes on a Diet Pickles and Beehoot” by Matthew Parris
“The Africans: Encounters from the Sultan to the Cape” by David Lamb
“Chapter V. Frankenstein” by Mary Shelly
“A Bill For Establishing Religious Freedom”
Lexical Presuppositions
Works Cited
“Speaker Chokes on a Diet Pickles and Beehoot” by Matthew Parris
“The Africans: Encounters from the Sultan to the Cape” by David Lamb
“Chapter V. Frankenstein” by Mary Shelly
“A Bill For Establishing Religious Freedom”
Reference: Language in Literature: An Introduction to Stylistics. Michael Toolan
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