Intro to Stylistics: Intro to Stylistics Course Outline

NORTHERN ILOILO POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE

BATAD CAMPUS

Batad, Iloilo

TEACHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

SY 2012-2013

First Semester

Course Outline in : Intro to Stylistics

I. Course Description

Introduction to Stylistics is a language and style course that will help the students in exploring (primarily literary) texts. This focuses on the relationship between style and stylistics using stylistic devices and explain how that language creates meaning and effect.

2. Course Credit/Time Allotment : 3 hours/week

3. Course Prerequisite:

4. Course Objectives:

4.1 General

1. identify the principles and tools of stylistic analysis;

2. analyze texts beyond its formal features; and

3. create various texts using the principles and tools of stylistic analysis.

4.2 Specific

1. define style and stylistics;

2. identify and explain perspectives on style;

3. explain stylistics as a multi-dimensional discipline;

4. discuss various approaches to style;

5. explain the goals of stylistics;

6. explain what is involved in a stylistic analysis of a literary text;

7. describe the methods of each type of stylistics;

8. explain the lexico-semantic level of language description;

9. carry-out a lexico-semantic analysis of a text;

10. define the concept of foregrounding

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5. Vision Statement

The Teacher Education envisions to be an advancing element as an external campus of the NIPSC System offering quality assured program intended to produce competent teachers who will be effective agents of educational changes and reforms.

6. Mission Statement

The Education Department is committed to provide quality undergraduate education that will promote the development of a person and transform him to a competent, intelligent, productive, morally and socially responsible individual in the present competitive society.

Specifically, the department endeavours to:

1. Produce responsible, committed, competent educators who are effective

facilitators of learning in the secondary level.

2. Provide professional, technical instructions through its degree program and in

the teaching internship through its cooperating schools.

3. Provide, initiate, collaborate and undertake research in relevant areas in teacher-

education and allied fields in the local and regional setting.

4. Offer services, share expertise and facilities with other government or non-

government agencies in its extension and community immersion activities; and

5. Provide quality leadership in the teacher education in local, regional or national

levels.

7. Outline of the Course

7.1 Orientation

7.1.1 Levelling of Expectations (Role perceptions, laying of rules and regulations)

7.1.2 Criteria and Grading System departmentally agreed

Oral Participation - 25%

Quizzes - 20%

M/F Exams - 40%

Project - 15%

7.1.3 Course Requirements

a. attendance of class interactions

b. Assignments/Activities

c. Quizzes

d. Midterm/Final Exams

e. Group Presentations

f. Individual presentation

CONTENTS	STRATEGIES/ ACTIVITIES	ASSESSMENTS	TIME
Lesson I – The concept of style and stylistics Meaning of stylistics and its approaches Style as choice Style as the Man Style as Deviation Style as Conformity Style as Period or Time Style as Situation	Reciprocal Teaching Author’s Chair Group work Pair work Story grammar	Numbered quiz Hot Seat with Rubrics
Lesson 2 – The Nature and Goals of Stylistics What is stylistics? The Nature of Stylistics The Goals of Stylistics	PPT Slideshow Author’s Chair Group work Pair work	quiz on slides Hot seat with Rubrics Numbered quiz
Lesson 3 – Types of Stylistics I Features of Linguistic Stylistics Lexical Repitition Semantico-Syntactic Level Semantic/Grammatical Level Phonological Level Graphological Level	PPT slideshow Concept Mapping Grammar Games Dyad / Think-pair- Share	Numbered Quiz Chapter Quiz Hot seat with Rubrics
Lesson 5 – Types of Stylistics II Reader-Response Stylistics Affective Stylistics Pragmatic Stylistics Pedagogical Stylistics Forensic Stylistics	PPT slideshow Concept Mapping Grammar Games Dyad / Think-pair- Share	Hot seat with rubrics Numbered Chapter quiz
Lesson 6 – Levels of Linguistic Analysis The Lexico-Semantic Level Semantics Lexico-semantics Lexical Relations Types of Words Denotative/Connotative Meanings Idiomatic Meaning	PPT slideshow Graphic organizers Group work Concept Mapping	Numbered Chapter quiz Hot seat with rubrics
Lesson 7 – Levels of Linguistic Analysis (The Syntactic Level) Units of Grammar The Group The Clause The Sentence The notion of Rankshifting Voice	PPT slideshow Group Discussions Graphic Organizers Group work Concept Mapping	Charting Quiz Numbered Quiz Hot seat with rubrics
Lesson 8 – Foregrounding Meaning of Foregrounding Types of Foregrounding	Group Discussions Graphic Organizers Concept Mapping	Charting Quiz Numbered Quiz Hot seat with rubrics
Lesson 9 – Stylistic Analysis Samples and Activities and possible answers The Beatles The Spice Girls Nouns can be verbed Functional conversion Make new words Tasks on word-classes Playing with phrases, titles of poems, novels Creating your own titles Structure of sentences Being creative with noun phrases Foregrounding tasks Deviation for foregrounding purpose	Group Discussions Graphic Organizers Concept Mapping	Charting Quiz Numbered Quiz Hot seat with rubrics