文体学课程教学大纲

课程名称：文体学  

英文名称：Stylistics

总学时：32         理论学时：       实验学时：32        总学分：2

教学目的：

通过课堂讲授、课内讨论等方式让学生掌握文体学的基本概念和理论，了解文体学这一领域中已有的研究成果，掌握文体学的研究方法。本课程要求学生阅读参考书目，写出读书报告及课程论文。

课程内容、教学方式、教学要求及学时分配：

Contents:

1.  Introduction (Lecture: 3hrs)

           What is stylistics?

           Concepts of style

           The needs for stylistics

           Debates about the methods and purpose of stylistics

           Assignment: prepare 5-mins talk on basic knowledge of stylistics

2.       Linguistics, Literary Criticism and Stylistics (Lecture: 3hrs)

           Linguistics and literary criticism

           Linguistics and stylistics

           Literary criticism and stylistics

           Stylistics as an intermediate between linguistics and literary criticism

           Assignment: read some reference books on stylistics

3.  Types of Stylistics (Lecture:3hrs)

           Literary stylistics

           Formal stylistics

           Functional stylistics

           Discourse stylistics

Social, historical and cultural stylistics

     Assignment: read some books about structural linguistics, transformational-generative grammar, systemic-functional grammar, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics and historical linguistics

4.  Style : Foregrounding and Deviation (Lecture:3hrs)

           Introduction

           Shklovskij: Defamiliarization

           Mukarovsky: Foregrounding

           Leech: Deviation

           Poetic language and standard language

Assignment: literature survey on foregrounding and deviation.

5.  Seminar(3hrs)

l          Topic: What have I learned about stylistics?

6.  Style in Poetry (Lecture:6hrs)

           Introduction

           Sound patterning

           Stress and metrical patterning

           Conventional forms of metre and sound

           Graphological device

           Assignment: 2 poems for analysis

7.  Style in Fiction (Lecture:6hrs)

           Introduction

           Language and the fictional world

           Mind style

           The rhetoric of text

           Conversation in the novel

           Speech and thought representation

           Assignment: 2 passages for analysis

8.  Style in Popular Texts(Lecture:3hrs)

           Introduction

           Exploiting patterns in sound and meaning: headline texts

           Lexical creativity

           Targeting the reader

           Reference and deixis

           Transferring meaning: metaphors in advertising

           Assignment: 3 advertisements for analysis

9. Seminar(5hrs)

l          Topic: What can stylistics do?

Assessment

The course will be assessed by a 3000-word paper with the aim of assessing the students’ mastery of the basic concepts and models discussed in the course and their competence of conducting practical stylistic analysis. The paper should be completed and submitted by the end of the course.

Attendance and Participation

Regular attendance and active participation are critical to the learning process. If a student should miss a class, s/he is obliged to contact the teacher before the missed class or call the secretary in charge to leave a message. The said student is responsible for finding out about and making up any missed assignments.

适用专业：英语语言文学

先修课程：普通语言学

教    材：自编讲义，龚晓斌

参 考 书：

[1] Brown, Gillian & Yule, George, Discourse Analysis，外语教学与研究出版社，2000

[2] Freeman, Donald, Linguistics and Literary Style, Holt, Rinehart&Winston, 1970

[3] Halliday, M.A.K. An Introduction to Functional Grammar, 外语教学与研究出版社，2000

[4] Halliday, M.A.K &Hasan, Ruqaiya, Cohesion in English, 外语教学与研究出版社，2000

[5] Lakoff, George & Johnson, Mark, Metaphors We Live By, University of Chicago Press, 1980

[6] Lanham, Richard A., Analyzing Prose, 北京大学出版社，2004

[7] Leech, Geoffrey N., A Linguis tic Guide to English Poetry, 外语教学与研究出版社，2001

[8] Leech,Geoffrey N. & Short, Michael H., Style in Fiction: A Linguistic Introduction to English Fictional Prose, 外语教学与研究出版社，2001

[9] Thornborrow, Joanna & Wareing, Shan, Patterns in Language: Stylistics for Students of Language and Literature, 外语教学与研究出版社，2000

[10] Traugott, Elizabeth Closs & Pratt, Mary Louise, Linguistics for Students of Literature, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1980

[11] Turner, G.W. Stylistics,Penguin, 1973

[12] Widdowson, H.G. Stylistics and the Teaching of Literature, Longman, 1975

[13] Wright, Laura & Hope, Jonathan, Stylistics: A Practical Coursebook, 外语教学与研究出版社, 2000

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[16] 胡壮麟，理论文体学，外语教学与研究出版社，2000

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[18] 钱  瑗，实用英语文体学，外语教学与研究出版社，2006

[19] 秦秀白，文体学概论，湖南教育出版社，1986

[20] 申  丹，叙事学与小说文体学研究，北京大学出版社，2004

[21] 王佐良，外语教学与研究出版社，1985

[22] 张  健，新闻英语文体与范文评析，上海外语教育出版社，2004

考核方式：课程论文

考试权重：课程论文 100%

大纲撰写人：龚晓斌