5. Планы семинарских занятий

SEMINAR 1.

General Notes on Style and Stylistics

1. Speak on the STYLISTICS as a branch of general linguistics. Define the objectives of stylistics and fields of investigation.

2. What is style? Dwell on different notions of "style” and the problem of defining the notion of style.

3. Speak on the problem of the norm. Dwell on the problem “norm”and “neutrality”.

4. Speak on the structure of stylistic phonetics, stylistic morphology, stylistic lexicology, stylistic syntax.

5. Semasiology, onomasiotogy.

6. Decoding stylistics.

7. The stylistic function.

8. Functional styles. Different approaches to their distinguishing.

Literature:

I.R. Galperin. Stylistics. Moscow, Higher school. 1977. рр. 9-25; Y.M. Screbnev. Stylistics of the English language. Moscow, 2000. pp. 7-36;

И.В. Арнольд. Стилистика. Современный английский язык. Москва, 2002 стр. 13-26, стр.. 81-88, стр. 88-98;

M. Ivashkin. A manual of English Stylistics. Nizhnii Novgorod, 1999. pp. 4-7;

V.A. Kucharcnko. A manual of English Stylistics. pp.5-10, pp. 108-120.

T.A. Znamenskaya. Stylistics of the English Language.

SEMINAR 2.

Varieties of Language

1. Speak on the spoken and written varieties of language.

2. Stylistic classification of the English vocabulary.

3. Literary vocabulary. Common literary vocabulary. Bring examples.

4. Special literary vocabulary. Bring examples.

5. Special colloquial vocabulary. Bring examples.

Literature:

I.R. Galperin. Stylistics. Moscow, Higher school. 1977. рр. 70-136; Y.M. Screbnev. Stylistics of the English language. Moscow, 2000. pp. 8-16; 52-76;

M. Ivashkin. A manual of English Stylistics. Nizhnii Novgorod, 1999. pp. 26-32;

T.A. Znamenskaya. Stylistics of the English Language.

SEMINAR 3.

Lexical and Lexico-syntactical Expressive Means and Stylistic Devices

1. Expressive Means and Stylistic Devices. Different approaches to their classification.

2. Interaction of different types of lexical meanings.

3. Metaphor.

4. Metonymy.

5. Irony.

6. Zeugma. Pun.

7. Interjections and Exclamatory words.

8. Epithets.

9. Oxymoron.

10. Antonomasia.

11. Simile.

12. Periphrasis.

13. Euphemism.

14. Hyperbole. Understatement.

15. Allusions. Intexts.

Literature:

I.R. Galperin. Stylistics. Moscow, Higher school. 1977. рр. 148-188; Y.M. Screbnev. Stylistics of the English language. Moscow, 2000. pp. 97-120;

И.В. Арнольд. Стилистика. Современный английский язык. Москва, 2002 стр. 123-136;

M. Ivashkin. A manual of English Stylistics. Nizhnii Novgorod, 1999. pp. 8-16;

V.A. Kucharcnko. A manual of English Stylistics. pp. 37-66.

T.A. Znamenskaya. Stylistics of the English Language.

SEMINAR 4.

Phonetic, graphical and syntactical stylistic devices

1. Alliteration.

2. Assonance.

3. Rhyme.

4. Rhythm.

5. Graphon.

6. Graphical Means.

7. Stylistic Inversion.

8. Detached construction.

9. Chiasmus.

10. Repetitions.

11. Climax. Anticlimax.

12. Asyndeton. Polysyndeton.

13. Ellipsis.

14. Represented Speech.

15. Rhetorical questions.

16. Litotes.

Literature:

I.R. Galperin. Stylistics. Moscow, Higher school. 1977. рр. 191-246; Y.M. Screbnev. Stylistics of the English language. Moscow, 2000. pp. 123-136; 139-143;

И.В. Арнольд. Стилистика. Современный английский язык. Москва, 2002 стр. 217-269, стр. 275-292.

M. Ivashkin. A manual of English Stylistics. Nizhnii Novgorod, 1999. pp. 44-62;

V.A. Kucharcnko. A manual of English Stylistics. Pp10-21, pp. 66-100.

T.A. Znamenskaya. Stylistics of the English Language.