Stylistics Lecture 2 Source: Halliday: ? Objectives You should be able to: 1. Define of the term stylistics 2. Explain the task of the stylistician 3. Explain the different phases of stylistic analysis 4. Explain what is involved in stylistic analysis. 5. Explain the difference between stylistics and discourse analysis Stylistics • Definition: • Halliday defines a stylistician as someone who can comprehend literary texts through a comprehension of their language structures. literary texts
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Alliteration 1. Is derived from Latin’s “Latira”. It means “letters of alphabet”. It is a stylistic device in which a number of words‚ having the same first consonant sound‚ occur close together in a series. 2. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse. Around the rock the ragged rascal ran. But a better butter makes a batter better. A big bully beats a baby boy. Park Place. Mary marveled at the magnificent monument. Anadiplosis The term anadiplosis
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A Tentative Stylistic Analysis of the Poem I Am Nobody！ Who are you？ Course: English Stylistics and Rhetoric Lecturer: Zhang Xuhong Credit: 2 Time of Assigned: 28/11/2013 Time of Submission: 19/12/2013 Student Number: 2010010107 Name: Tian Ye Class: (Grade 2010) Class 1 English Department‚ Harbin Normal University A Tentative Stylistic Analysis of the Poem I Am Nobody！ Who are you？ Abstract: This essay is intended as a tentative analysis of Emily Dickinson’s
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“The Escape” Analysis W. Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 in Paris‚ he is a famous English writer‚ who also received medical degree‚ but never practiced it. For a long time of his career of writer‚ he had no success‚ only in 1907‚ his “Lady Frederic”‚ a comedy of manners‚ was produced in London‚ and after it he became famous. Further on his plays were performed all over the world. He wrote his novels in Europe‚ where spent a lot of time travelling. He died in 1965. His novel “The Escape” is subjectivised
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The scheme of stylistic analysis 1. Speak of the author in brief: • the facts of his biography relevant for his creative activities; • the epoch (historical and social background); • the literary trend he belongs to; • the main literary pieces (works). 2. Give a summary of the extract (or the story) under consideration (the gist; the content of a story in a nutshell). 3. State the problem tackled by the author. 4. Formulate the main idea conveyed by the author
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Hyperbole- is the use of a word‚ a word-group or a sentence which exaggerate the real degree of a quantity of the thing spoken about. It is a distortion of reality for the purpose of visualization or strengthening the emotional effect. It is also an important expressive literary device‚ often employed for humoristic purpose: One after another those people lay down on the grass to laugh- and two of them died. Гипербола - вид тропа: чрезмерное преувеличение чувств‚ значения‚ размера‚ красоты и т
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The text I decided to analyze is an advertisement taken from British edition of Cosmopolitan magazine (11/2007). The advertisement introduces new cosmetology product for men. Advertisement is a genre of newspaper style proper. Main purpose of advertisement is to sell the product and to make money. First they inform you they are introducing new product and they try to persuade you indirectly to buy it by using headline‚ emotionally colored words and syntax. In this case‚ Company Clarins promotes
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Language through Poetry: A Stylistic Analysis of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “To ---“ A Stylistic Paper Presented to The Faculty of the Department of English Institute of Arts and Sciences Far Eastern University Manila In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirement for the Course Eng C 31—Introduction to Stylistics Osabel‚ Julla C. Panis‚ Kimberly Nicole S. October‚ 2012 I. Reaction and it’s effects on you II. Summary of the Text Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “To ---“ is
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“To kill a mockingbird” was written by American writer Harper Lee. The book is a magnificent‚ powerful novel. It received almost unanimous critical acclaim and several awards. The book is about Tom Robinson‚ a Negro‚ who was charged with raping a white girl. This particular abstract depicts the trial. Atticus Finch‚ an experienced lawyer‚ tried to prove the innocence of the Robison. But the jury announced a verdict that Robinson was guilty. The story was told on behalf of Jean Louise
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“Zombieland” is a film where a lot of stylistic choices were made. Especially the opening scene says a lot about the film and the characters. Mise-en-scene‚ cinematography‚ editing and sound shape the film’s effect on the viewer. The film begins in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. The first shot is unbalanced to prime our expectation that something will change position. The shot is of the American flag‚ which is focused while the background is unfocused which means it indicates that the flag
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