Stylistics

LE 805 L T P C

3 0 0 3

Purpose

To specify the nature of the author’s use of Language and style such as metaphor in particular
context.

Unit –I

Narrative Stylistics – Style Variation in Narration –Cognitive Stylistics – Stylistics & Verbal
Humour.

Unit –II

Style & Grammar – Style & Point of View – Style & Transitivity – Style & Verbal Play – Style.

Unit –III

Register & Dialogue – Style, Sound & Onomatopoeia – Style, Rhythm & Metre – Interpreting
Patterns of sound.

Unit – IV

Dialogue & Discourse – Metaphor & Metonymy.

Unit –V\

Speech & Thought Presentation.

REFERENCES:

™ Katie Waler, A Dictionary of Stylistics, II rev. Harlow: Longman

™ Jean Jaques Weber, The Stylistics Reader: From Roman Jacobson to the Present ( London;
Arnold Holder )
™ Micheal Toolan, Language in Literature; An Introduction to Stylistics, (London: Arnold Holder)
™ Thomas Sebeok, ed. Style in Language, Cambridge MA: The Technology Press of MIT
™ Paul Simpson, Stylistics Routledge
™ Cognitive Stylistics: language & Cognition in Text Analysis, Ed. Elena Semino & Jonathan
Culpeper, Lancaster University.