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Course Guide Eng 834 Advanced English Stylistics COURSE GUIDE ENG 834 ADVANCED ENGLISH STYLISTICS Course Team Prof. Anthony C. Oha (Course Developer) - Imo State University NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA ENG 834 COURSE GUIDE © 2018 by NOUN Press National Open University of Nigeria Headquarters University Village Plot 91, Cadastral Zone Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway Jabi, Abuja Lagos Office 14/16 Ahmadu Bello Way Victoria Island, Lagos e-mail: [email protected] URL: www.nou.edu.ng All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed: 2018 ISBN: 978-058-506 - X ii ENG 834 COURSE GUIDE CONTENTS PAGE Introduction…………………………………………………. iv Course Aims……………………………………………….... iv Course Objectives…………………………………………… v Working through the Course………………………………... v Course Materials……………………………………………. v Study Units………………………………………………….. vi Assessments…………………………………………………. vii Tutor-Marked Assignments (TMA)……………………….... vii Final Examination and Grading………………………..…… vii Course Marking Scheme……………………………………. viii Presentation Schedule………………………………………. viii Course Overview……………………………………………. viii How to Get the Most from this Course……………………... ix Facilitators/Tutors andTutorials……………………………. xi Summary…………………………………………………….. xi iii ENG 834 COURSE GUIDE INTRODUCTION Welcome to ENG 834- Advanced English Stylistics ENG 834- Advanced English Stylistics is a 3 credit unit, one semester postgraduate course. It comprises 22 study units subdivided into 5 modules of 5 and 4units. The material was developed with the Nigerian context in view. This course guide gives you an overview of the course. It also provides you with information on the organisation and requirements of the course. Stylistics is an interdisciplinary course which deals with some of the ways in which texts, particularly literary texts, can be examined from a linguistic perspective. Text is the focus of this course. It will be seen how a text may be handled to examine the specific language that reflects the determinant elements of the communication: the speaker/ writer; the recipient (listener/ reader), the occasion which led to producing the text. A text will be seen to be tightly connected to its context; the meaning is neither confined to the text nor to the reader; but the reader bears all his/her background as he/she approaches a text, or is exposed to a text. It will be seen how contextualisation came into special focus under the influence of pragmatics and discourse analysis. Both the textual and contextual factors will be given attention in the course. Stylistics also examines the ways and means writers opt for in the process of producing the text and expressing it in the way they deem to best serve their purpose. All such theoretical work will heavily draw on citations from literary and non- literary texts. In light of the above notions, the students will go on to analyse several texts, poems, shorts stories, drama, etc. COURSE AIMS The following are the aims of the Course: a) To expose you to the analysis of texts, investing their knowledge of linguistics, semantics, rhetoric, and pragmatics in the process of negotiating a given text and unfolding its message and intention. b) To explain the various theoretical frameworks that developed the study of stylistics as a linguistic means of interpreting the contents of literature and discourse. c) To enhance the student's ability to adopt a qualitative and interpretive approach to appreciating a writer's or speaker's style and the way he/she has chosen to say what s/he says in the way the text presented. iv ENG 834 COURSE GUIDE d) To understand that textual analysis is not to be undertaken for its own sake but as an exercise in describing what use is made of language. e) To apply the study of stylistics in explaining the relationship between language and linguistic function, language structures as chosen by a particular writer on a particular occasion for a particular audience to convey a particular message. COURSE OBJECTIVES To achieve the aims above, we have some overall objectives. Each unit also has objectives. These will guide you in your study. They are usually stated at the beginning of each unit and when you are through with studying the units go back and read the objectives. This would help you assimilate the task you have set out to achieve. On the completion of the course, you should be able to: • distinguish between style and stylistics • identify the various theories of style and stylistics • use the different linguistic tools of textual analysis. • appreciate literary texts and discourse from linguistic paradigms • explain why there are shifts in norm in literary styles • apply stylistics in interpreting communication in situations • explicate texts and discourses for stylistic properties. WORKING THROUGH THIS COURSE To complete the course, you are required to read the study units and other related materials. You will also need to undertake practical exercises for which you need a pen, a notebook, and other materials that will be listed in this guide. The exercises are to aid you in understanding the concepts being presented. At the end of each unit, you will be required to submit written assignments for assessment purposes. At the end of the course, you will write a final examination. COURSE MATERIALS The major materials you will need for this course are: 1. The course guide 2. The study units 3. The relevant textbooks/journals, including the ones listed under each unit 4. The assignment file 5. The presentation schedule v ENG 834 COURSE GUIDE STUDY UNITS There are 22 study units in this course as follows: Module 1 Schools and Scopes of Stylistics Unit 1 The Ideology of Style Unit 2 Controversies in Stylistics Unit 3 The Prague School Unit 4 The Neo-Firthian School Unit 5 The Chomskyan School Module 2 Approaches to Stylistics Unit 1 Theories and Categories of Stylistics Unit 2 Pragmatic Stylistics Unit 3 Corpus/Computational Stylistics Unit 4 Feminist Stylistics Unit 5 Forensic Stylistics/Stylometry Module 3 Tools of Stylistic Analysis Unit 1 Graphological tools Unit 2 Phonological tools Unit 3 Syntactical tools Unit 4 Semantic tools Module 4 Literary and Non-Literary Stylistics Unit 1 Style in Prose Fiction Unit 2 Style in Poetry Unit 3 Style in Drama Unit 4 Style in Discourse Module 5 Practical Stylistics Unit 1 Analysis of Poetry Unit 2 Analysis of Prose Unit 3 Analysis of Drama Unit 4 Analysis of Speech TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCES Certain books are recommended in the course. You may wish to purchase them for further reading. As a Post Graduate student, you vi ENG 834 COURSE GUIDE should learn to read beyond recommended texts. You are now a research student and this should reflect in your reading pattern. ASSIGNMENT FILE An assignment file and a marking scheme will be made available to you. In this file, you will find all the details of the work you must submit to your tutor for marking. The marks you obtain from these assignments will count towards the final mark you obtain for this course. Further information on assignments will be found in the assignment file itself and later in this Course Guide in the section on Assessment. TUTOR-MARKED ASSIGNMENTS (TMAs) You will need to submit a specified number of the Tutor-Marked Assignments (TMAs). Every unit in this course has a tutor-marked assignment. You will be assessed on four of them but the best three (that is, the highest three of the marks) will be counted. The total marks for the best three (3) assignments will be 30% of your total work. TMAs are usually given as CBAs in NOUN. You need to therefore be on the lookout for the academic calendar to know when each of your Tutor- Marked Assignments (TMAs) are due to go live on the University TMA portal. It is also important for you to be ready in case any of your TMAs come in the form of seminar presentation. FINAL EXAMINATION AND GRADING The final examination of ENG 834 will be of three hours’ duration. All areas of the course will be examined. Find time to read the whole of the course materialall over before your examination. The final examination will attract 70% of the total course grade. The examination will consist of questions which reflect the type of self-testing, practice exercises and tutor-marked assignments you have previously come across. All areas of the course will be assessed. You are advised to revise the entire course after studying the last unit before you sit for the examination. You will also find it useful to review your tutor-marked assignments before the examination. In addition, as a PG student, you should be able to read widely enough to be able to tackle the questions as they may be more application based than mere knowledge testing. This does not imply that theoretical issues will not be dealt with in the examination. vii ENG 834 COURSE GUIDE COURSE MARKING SCHEME The following table lays out how the actual course mark allocation is broken down. Assessment Marks Assignments (Best three Assignments out of four marked) =30% Final Examination =70% Total =100% PRESENTATION SCHEDULE The dates for submission of all assignments will be communicated to you. You will also be told the date for completing the study units and dates for examinations. COURSE OVERVIEW This table brings together the units, the number of weeks you should take to complete them, and the assignments that follow them. Unit Title of Work Week’s Assessment Activities (end of unit) Course Guide Module 1 Schools to Stylistics 1 The Ideology of Style Week 1 2 Controversies in Stylistics
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