THEORETICAL SECTION UNIT 1: An approach to English literary texts 1. Introduction: language and literature. 2. Approaches to English texts: Literary criticism, stylistic criticism, linguistic criticism, sociolinguistic criticism. (Helen Gardner, Anne Cluysennar, Ronald Carter, Roger Fowler, Susan Sontag). UNIT 2: Discourse and Text 1. Introduction 2. Discourse. Modalities of discourse. 3. Text. The conditions of textuality. 4. Textual meaning. 5. Discourse and récit UNIT 3: Descriptive discourse 1. Introduction. 2. Features of descriptive discourse. 3. Stylistics of deviation: metaphors and images. 4. Kinesic channels. 5. Stylistics of choice 6. Diction. Lexical exploitation. 7. Stylistics of expressivity. UNIT 4: Expository discourse 1. Introduction. 2. Discourse intentionality. 3. Tone and attitude. Attitude markers. 4. Exposition and persuasion. UNIT 5: Narrative discourse 1. Introduction. 2. Features of narrative discourse. 3. Sounds and noises in discourse. Speech presentation. 4. The narrator's point of view. 5. Irony and satire UNIT 6: Dramatic discourse 1. Introduction 2. The structure of dialogue. UNIT 7: Poetic discourse 1. Poetry as poiesis and as craftsmanship: Rhythm and verse. 2. A detailed study of William Shakespeare¿s Sonnet 130; Edmund Spenser¿s Amoretti 15
PRACTICAL SECTION UNIT 1_Topic: The discovery of love - Related vocabulary: (everlasting) love, (frenzied) passion, (intense) excitement, (enduring) affection, (friendly) care, (pure) innocence, (fervent) devotion, etc.; love-sick, head-over heels; love, adore, care, fall in love with, etc - Text: A literary passage from James Joyce¿s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young man - Discourse genre: Description (prosopography) - Main stylistic devices used: lexical units as brushstrokes, exploitation of the visual channel, religious isosemy, etc. - Vocabulary expansion: semantic field of walk UNIT 2_Topic: Tension in love - Related vocabulary: (unbearable) tension, (agonizing) stress, strain, (unhealthy) dependence, independence, trust, confidence, reliance - Text: A literary passage from D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers - Discourse genre: Description (topography), Narration - Main stylistic devices used: Vividness (personification, exploitation multiple channels), symbolism - Vocabulary expansion: semantic field of quiet UNIT 3_Topic: The enjoyment of life (carpe diem) - Related vocabulary: pleasure, joy, happiness... (see textbook, page 134) - Text: A literary passage from Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway - Discourse genre: Description (topography, chronology) - Main stylistic devices used: Stream of consciousness (lack of coherence, mixed speech presentation, anacoluthon), vividness, witness words... - Vocabulary expansion: semantic field of angry UNIT 4_Topic: Justice and corruption - Related vocabulary: equity; (utter/blatant/complete) injustice, (absolute) power, (profound) decay, immorality, degradation, bribe - Text: A literary passage from Charles Dickens's Bleak House - Discourse genre: Description (topography) - Main stylistic devices used: Verbal montage, Vividness (personification, multiple channels), landscape as metaphor... - Vocabulary expansion: semantic fields of weather and bad UNIT 5_Topic: Idealism and Terrorism - Related vocabulary: stoicism, determinism, idealism, materialism, rationalism; stoical, unemotional... - Text: A literary passage from Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent - Discourse genre: Description (etopoeia) - Main stylistic devices used: connotations, isosemies, contrast (individual vs. masses), etc. - Vocabulary expansion: semantic field of shine UNIT 6_Topic: Failure in life - Related vocabulary: failure, fiasco, collapse... (see textbook, page 137) - Text: A literary passage from George Eliot's Middlemarch. - Discourse genre: Description (etopoeia) - Main stylistic devices used: isosemies, syntax expressing tension and hopelessness, expository discourse (explanation, exclusion...)... - Vocabulary expansion: semantic field of mental states UNIT 7_Topic: The dignity of manual workers - Related vocabulary: assignment, effort, work, chore, craft, toil; proletarian; drudge, trade union... - Text: A literary passage from George Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier Discourse genre: Exposition - Main stylistic devices used: Metaphors, inclusive pronouns, irony, connotations... - Vocabulary expansion: semantic field of crawl (and ?moving with difficulty?) UNIT 8_Topic: The infantillism of intellectuals - Related vocabulary: childish, idiotic, superficial, immature, puerile, shallow, short-sighted, narrow-minded, dogmatic, intolerant, prejudiced, biased... - Text: A literary passage from Aldous Huxley's Point counter point - Discourse genre: Exposition - Main stylistic devices used: cause-effect, allusion, value judgements, isosemies... - Vocabulary expansion: semantic field of disdain UNIT 9_Topic: Deception in love - Related vocabulary: dishonest, false, cheating... (see textbook, page 57) - Text: A literary passage from William Thackeray's Vanity Fair - Discourse genre: Narration - Main stylistic devices used: isosemies (force, money), irony, contrasts (silence/sound)... - Vocabulary expansion: semantic field of force UNIT 10_Topic: Reason and religion - Related vocabulary: reason, rational, order, faith, belief, God - Text: A literary passage from Daniel Defoe¿s Robinson Crusoe - Discourse genre: Narration - Main stylistic devices used: Semic loads, contrast, 1st person narrator... - Vocabulary expansion: semantic field of dwelling UNIT 11_Topic: Politics and corruption - Related vocabulary: bribery, dishonesty; plot, conspiracy, coup d?etat; overthrow, bring down; sedition, subversion... - Text: A literary passage from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels - Discourse genre: Narration - Main stylistic devices used: Bathos, mock-scientific style, satire... - Vocabulary expansion: semantic field of skill UNIT 12_Topic: Love and fun - Related vocabulary: love, fondness, affection (see textbook, page 89) - Text: A literary passage from Henry Fielding's Tom Jones - Discourse genre: Narration - Main stylistic devices used: bathos, mock-heroic style, narrative polyphony... - Vocabulary expansion: semantic field of hatred UNIT 13_Topic: Love and faith - Related vocabulary: belief, dogma; churchgoing, devout; disbelieving, agnostic, atheist. - Text: A literary passage from Graham Greene's The end of the affair. - Discourse genre: Narration - Main stylistic devices used: Innovative metaphors, similes, text polyphony, flashback.... - Vocabulary expansion: semantic field of fight UNIT 14_Topic: Power and social order - Related vocabulary: order, rules, principles, stability; disorder, chaos; to subvert, to pervert... - Text: to be confirmed - Discourse genre: Drama - Vocabulary expansion: semantic field of intelligent UNIT 15_Topic: The privileges of ageing - Related vocabulary: elderly, senile, gaga, decrepit, old-fashioned, past one?s prime; senility; to age, to decline, to wane... - Text: to be confirmed - Discourse genre: Drama - Vocabulary expansion: semantic field of greedy |