Ashwag Al Hamid 2017 Stylistics Syllabus

1. 1‫األكاديمي‬ ‫واالعتماد‬ ‫الجودة‬ ‫ضمان‬ ‫عمادة‬5341‫هـ‬‫البابطين‬ .‫م‬
Introduction to StylisticsCourse syllabus for
1. Faculty member information:
Name of faculty member responsible for the course
Ashwag Al Hamid
Office Hours
Monday & Tuesday 11-12 & 12:30-1:30
Office Number
0.301.16
Email
Email: miss.ashwag@yahoo.com
Website: https://www.slideshare.net/AshwagAlhamid
PNU BlackBoard: https://lms.pnu.edu.sa/
Twitter: @AshwagAlhamid
2. Course overview and general information:
College / Department
College of Languages and Translation/English Department and Translation
Course Name and code
sortnilnrtnoornoircutIrtnI - ENGL 263 D
Number of credit hours
3o
Program or programs that offer this course
Bachelor Degree in Languages and Translation/Englisho
Year/course level

2. 2‫األكاديمي‬ ‫واالعتماد‬ ‫الجودة‬ ‫ضمان‬ ‫عمادة‬5341‫هـ‬‫البابطين‬ .‫م‬
Second Year/Level 4o
Prerequisites for this course (if any)o
All specialized courses until the end of the third semestero
Current requirements for this course (if any)
Noneo
Site (to be given if not inside the main building of the institution)
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3. Objectives of the course:
Students will be able to:
 define and understand stylistics as a discipline in its own right as well as a discipline related to and
growing out of the needs of linguistics, literary and translation studies
 recognize the stylistic elements of various genres as well as their respective purposes and
audiences
 identify and exploit deictic cues in various texts
 compare different styles and stretches oflanguages
 analyze texts of various genres and to be able to translate those texts more effectively and
efficiently
 use linguistic, rhetorical, literary, grammatical perspectives as lens to view the stylistic choices of
writers evidenced in texts
In short, this course seeks to build on the linguistic skills of the students as well as prepare them for the
rigors of subsequent translation courses.
4. Course description:
Date
7102
Week Concepts In class
activity/homewor
k
Skills acquired Terms Chapter
5-9/2 1 Introduction to the
course
12-
16/2
2 Style and stylistics
Headlineintertextuality
;
Movefrom text to
intertextuality
Discussing
newspaper
headlines
Ability to
reflect on
purposeand
audience of a
text
-style
-stylistics
-headline
- intertextuality
-genre
-ellipsis
Verdonk
1

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Ability to
recognize
intertextual
elements
-foregrounding
-context
-19
23/2
3 Rhetorical devices
(specifically persuasive
moves) as seen in a blurb
Moveright into
rhetorical moves in text
(blurb): persuasion
Introduction to figures of
speech.
Group work
culminating in
class discussion: -
How many and
what kind of
sentences;
-What kinds of
words;
-What effect(s)
achieved?
Reading
critically and
rhetorically
-blurb
-persuasion
torrtonu--
foregrounding
Verdonk
1
+
Simpson
,
Chapter
B, pp.50-
51
26/2-
2/3
4 -Rhetorical questions as
tool for stylisticians:
Who is talking?
To whom?
About what?
“NeutralTones”
-Literary/poeticdevices
Moving to rhetorical and
literary analysis—
Rhetorical=WWW;
Literary=introduction of
literary/poeticdevices
Group work; game
activities
Distinguishing
speaker and
author
-Ability to
deduce who is
speaking to
whom, about
what?
-ability to note
register, dialect,
-rhetoric
-metaphor
-simile
-rhyme
-alliteration
-genre
-reference
-stanza
-representation
-internal
foregrounding
Verdonk
2 +
Figures
of
Speech
5-9/3 5 Deictic/deixis
“Devonshire St. W.I”
literary/poeticdevices
cont.
also discussion of
ofperspective, i.e., use
person inrd
3
“Devonshire St. W.I”
(topicof perspective
continues week 7+)
Moving deeper into
literary/linguistic/stylistic
analysis;
Teacher’s choice Ability to find
linguistic clues
and cues
(person, time,
place), i.e.,
deictics
Ability to
distinguish text
and text in
context
(discourse)
-text
-context
-pragmatics
-direct
quotations (text
within a text)
-deixis
-repetition
-discourse
-pragmatics
-
communicative
triangle
Verdonk
3
12-
16/3
6
-Practice stylistic
analysis
“OnePerfect Rose”
*Narrative Structure
(Labov)
Moving to analysis of
Stylisticanalysis
of “OnePerfect
Rose
Reading and
comprehending
holistically
-inverted
syntax
-alliteration
-
personification
-rhyme scheme
-meter
-symbol
Simpson
Chapter
C, pp.
98-102
(2004
Edition)
Simpson

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narrative (prosefiction
and non-fiction)
-imagery
-irony
-register
Chapter
3,
pp.114-
118
(2004
edition)
19-
23/3
7 -Style and point of
view/perspective
Verdonk moves from
perspectivein art to
perspectivein literature
An Artist of the Floating
World
Modality and meaning
Midterm 1
-Group work;
game activities
-PowerPoint on
Perspective
-perspective
-modality
-ambiguity
-given
information
-new
information
-deictics
-ideological
perspective
Verdonk
4
26-
30/3
8 Moving from text as
starting point to the
catalyst (letter) of text as
starting point:“Front to
Back”
-How to succeed at an
essay exam workshop
-Review of course
-In class writing
based on Pound’s
catalyst
-Students share
outcomes with
class
-Review of main
concepts
-Practice writing
short essay
answers
Ability to
recognize
-pretext
-text
-context
image
imagism
haiku
Simpson
Chapter
C
pp.108-
112
(2004
edition)
Spring Break
9-13/4 9 04-unoroenrl 01-love
poem
-16
20/4
10 personrd
Perspectivein 3
narration
-Woman in Love
-Vanity Fair
Teacher’s choice -figure
-direct thought
-indirect
speech
-indirect
thought
-stream of
consciousness
-interior
monologue
Verdonk
5
23-
27/4
11 “Clearances”
Midterm 2
Teacher’s Choice -texture
-intertextuality
-genre
Verdonk
6
30/4-
4/5
12 The Mill on the Floss -CDA-
ideology
-resistant
readings
-anti-language
Verdonk
7
Simpson
pp. 200-
203
7-11/5 13 Student presentations
14-
18/5
14 Course Review /
Student presentations

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5. Books and references:
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* Stylistics by Peter Verdonk Oxford University Press 2002 (republished 2014)
* Stylistics:A Resource Book for Students by Paul Simpson (2004)
-paul-students-for-book-resource-a-.wordpress.com/2014/10/stylisticshttps://uogbooks.files
simpson.pdf
* Figures of Speech Slides:
https://www.slideshare.net/Angeliqueart2001/figures-of-speech-interactive-presentation
6. Assessment methods and the division of grades:
CommentsPercentage from
overall grade
GradeAssessment
Week
Assessment method
(Write an essay - test - a collective
project - a final test ...)o
o20%717oMidterm 1
o20%7111oMidterm 2
o20%7113-14oProject (Presentation + research paper)
o0101Final Exam
7. Instructions:
1. This course requires active participation on the part of the students.Students must read the
assigned chapters before class.
2. When absent,class participation points are lost whether excused or not unless you make up for
them in otherclasses.
3. Marks will be deducted for language mistakes (spelling, grammatical, and vocabulary mistakes) in
all forms of evaluation.
4. Attendance ON TIME is required. If a student arrives after attendance has been taken, it is her
responsibility to alert the instructor AFTER class.
5. Coming late to the class for FOUR times will be considered absence.
6. It is NOT ALLOWED to wear Abaya in class.
7. PLEASE always take notes during lectures. This will help you understand the course very well.
8. Hand in your assignment ON time. Use an A4 paper. Your handwriting should be clear & neat.
Your student information must be complete.
9. NO late assignments will be accepted.
10. NO assignment will be corrected if it violates the above mentioned instructions.
11. If you have an assignment and you are forced to be absent,send yourassignment via email and
give the instructora hard copy next lecture.
12. Write yourname and your section number in all e-mails or assignments.
21-
25/5
15 Finals

6. 6‫األكاديمي‬ ‫واالعتماد‬ ‫الجودة‬ ‫ضمان‬ ‫عمادة‬5341‫هـ‬‫البابطين‬ .‫م‬
13. Your absence excuse should be handed in a week from the day you were absent.
14. No repetitive exams or quizzes unless a student has a good written excuse that satisfies the
instructor.
15. Make-up exams and quizzes will be on the 14th week. Questions will cover almost all topics
discussed.
16. Side-talk, in class,is not allowed as it can distract the instructoras well as students.
17. Mobiles MUST be silent or turned off in class. Otherwise, you will be recorded absent.
18. Check the course blackboard, my Twitter account as well as your e-mails regularly.
19. There might be some changes in the distribution of chapters among weeks due to certain
circumstances such as changes in dates of final exams or giving some chapters more or less time
depending on yourunderstanding and performance.
20. Absence for: 10% means the first warning. (9 hours)
21% the second warning (12 hours and a half)
25% denied. (15 hours)
21. All grades are non-negotiable.
This class has NO tolerance for cheating or plagiarism. Any plagiarized work will receive a ZERO
grade. Please refer to PNU’s list of punishments.
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