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THEORETICAL
FOUNDATIONS OF ENGLISH
STYLISTICS
Lecture on English Stylistics
4th year of study
N. P. Izotova, PhD
LECTURE OUTLINE
Stylistics as a linguistic discipline: its aims and subject matter.
Main schools of modern stylistics. Links of stylistics with other branches of linguistics.
LECTURE OUTLINE
Key
concepts of stylistics:
Style;
Foregrounding;
Stylistic
neutrality and Stylistic coloring; Norm and its violation. Types of norms; Context. Types of context;
Image and imagery.
Passing Love
Because you are to me a song. I must not sing you overlong.
Because you are to me a prayer I cannot say you everywhere. Because you are to me a roseYou will not stay when summer goes.
Langston Hughes
Дождь был грибным. По крышам дождь названивал,
И солнце протянуло руки в комнату, И, не щадя ни возраста ни звания,
Весна пришла, как старая знакомая. И кажется, что солнцем всё расплавлено И что на коромысле от колодца
Сама весна, покачиваясь плавно,
Несёт в двух вёдрах два дрожащих солнца.
Е. Евтушенко
r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r
who
a)s w(e loo)k upnowgath PPEGORHRASS eringint(oaThe):l eA !p:
S a
(r
rIvInG .gRrEaPsPhOs) to rea(be)rran(com)gi(e)ngly ,grasshopper;
The Myth about Contemporary
Stylistics
A stylistician is simply a dull old grammarian who spends rather too much time on such trivial pursuits as counting the nouns and verbs in literary texts.
THE PURPOSE OF
STYLISTICS
To do stylistics is to explore the creativity in the use of language.
Paul Simpson
Why Should We Do Stylistics?
to
enrich our ways of thinking about language by shedding light on the language system, as well as learning the ‘rules’ of language (stylistics often explores texts where those rules are bent);
to
acquire the skills of adequate comprehension and accurate interpretation of texts used in different spheres of human communication (mass media, editorials, brief news, analytical articles, scientific prose, poetry, drama, etc.)
FOUNDATIONS OF ENGLISH
STYLISTICS
Lecture on English Stylistics
4th year of study
N. P. Izotova, PhD
LECTURE OUTLINE
Stylistics as a linguistic discipline: its aims and subject matter.
Main schools of modern stylistics. Links of stylistics with other branches of linguistics.
LECTURE OUTLINE
Key
concepts of stylistics:
Style;
Foregrounding;
Stylistic
neutrality and Stylistic coloring; Norm and its violation. Types of norms; Context. Types of context;
Image and imagery.
Passing Love
Because you are to me a song. I must not sing you overlong.
Because you are to me a prayer I cannot say you everywhere. Because you are to me a roseYou will not stay when summer goes.
Langston Hughes
Дождь был грибным. По крышам дождь названивал,
И солнце протянуло руки в комнату, И, не щадя ни возраста ни звания,
Весна пришла, как старая знакомая. И кажется, что солнцем всё расплавлено И что на коромысле от колодца
Сама весна, покачиваясь плавно,
Несёт в двух вёдрах два дрожащих солнца.
Е. Евтушенко
r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r
who
a)s w(e loo)k upnowgath PPEGORHRASS eringint(oaThe):l eA !p:
S a
(r
rIvInG .gRrEaPsPhOs) to rea(be)rran(com)gi(e)ngly ,grasshopper;
The Myth about Contemporary
Stylistics
A stylistician is simply a dull old grammarian who spends rather too much time on such trivial pursuits as counting the nouns and verbs in literary texts.
THE PURPOSE OF
STYLISTICS
To do stylistics is to explore the creativity in the use of language.
Paul Simpson
Why Should We Do Stylistics?
to
enrich our ways of thinking about language by shedding light on the language system, as well as learning the ‘rules’ of language (stylistics often explores texts where those rules are bent);
to
acquire the skills of adequate comprehension and accurate interpretation of texts used in different spheres of human communication (mass media, editorials, brief news, analytical articles, scientific prose, poetry, drama, etc.)