Teaching Stylistics

CAROL BELLARD-THOMSON, Researcher, University of Huddersfield, UK DEREK BOUSFIELD, Head of the Division of Linguistics, English Language, Literature and Culture, University of Central Lancashire, UK BEATRIX BUSSE, Professor of English (historical) Linguistics, Germany ANNA CHESNOKOVA, Associate Professor in the Translation Department, Kyiv National Linguistic University, Ukraine MARINA LAMBROU, Principal Lecturer in English Language and Communication, Kingston University, UK NINA NORGAARD, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, Institute of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark MICK SHORT, Professor of English Language and Literature, Lancaster University MICHAEL TOOLAN, Professor of English Language and Head of the Department of English, University of Birmingham, UK WILLIE VAN PEER, Professor of Literary Studies and Intercultural Hermeneutics, University of Munich, Germany VALENTINA YAKUBA, Associate Professor in the Translation Department, Kyiv National Linguistic University, Ukraine DAVID WEST, Lecturer in English, Ruhr Bochum University, Germany SONIA ZYNGIER, Associate Professor of English Language and Literature, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Understanding language and its capacity to create literary effects is vital for any student of English. Stylistics, the linguistic study of literary texts, has a key role to play in literary criticism. This book covers the theory and practice of teaching stylistics, focusing on the value of objectivity, rigour and replicability in text analysis.Understanding language and its capacity to create literary effects is vital for any student of English. Stylistics, the linguistic study of literary texts, has a key role to play in literary criticism. This book covers the theory and practice of teaching stylistics, focusing on the value of objectivity, rigour and replicability in text analysis.