Stylistics
Peter Verdonk
Series Editor: H. G. Widdowson
£14.00
198x130
137 pages
Description
This book deals with the study of style in language, how styles can be recognized, and their features. It examines how style is used in literary and non-literary texts, and how familiarity with style is a matter of socialization. The author also discusses the relationship between text and discourse, the production and reception of meaning as a dynamic contextualized interaction, the
question of perspective and the variable representation of reality, and how stylistics can complement literary criticism. The final chapter deals with social reading and ideological positioning, including some thoughts on feminist stylistics and critical discourse analysis.
Who is it for?
- Teachers, trainee teachers, students of linguistics and literature, and teacher educators. Ideal for undergraduate university courses and pre-reading on MA courses.
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Preface
Section 1
Survey
1 The concept of style
Features of style: a newspaper headline
Style as motivated choice
Style in context
Style and persuasive effect
Conclusion
2 Style in literature
Text type and style
Text type and function
Conclusion
3 Text and discourse
The nature of text
The nature of discourse
Textual and contextual meaning
The headline revisited
The context of literary discourse
The communicative situation in literary discourse
Conclusion
4 Perspectives on meaning
The double meaning of perspective
Perspective in narrative fiction
Stylistic markers of perspective and positioning
Deixis
Given and new information
Ideological perspective
Conclusion
5 The language of literary representation
Perspective in third-person narration
Speech and thought representation
Conclusion
6 Perspectives on literary interpretation
Literary criticism
Interpreting a complete poem
Substantiation by analysis
Literary interpretation revisited
Conclusion
7 Stylistics and ideological perspectives
Social reading and ideological postioning
Incorporation of literary criticism into linguistic criticism?
Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)
Conclusion
Section 2
Readings
Section 3
References
Section 4
Glossary
