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. Thisfocuses 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
11.

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/ ASSESSMENTS TIME

ACTIVITIES
Lesson I – The concept of style and stylistics

Meaning of stylistics and its approaches Reciprocal Teaching Numbered quiz

Style as choice
Style as the Man Author’s Chair Hot Seat with Rubrics
Style as Deviation
Style as Conformity Group work
Style as Period or Time
Style as Situation Pair work

Story grammar

Lesson 2 – The Nature and Goals of Stylistics PPT Slideshow quiz on slides
Author’s Chair
What is stylistics?
The Nature of Stylistics Group work Hot seat with Rubrics
The Goals of Stylistics
Pair work Numbered quiz

Lesson 3 – Types of Stylistics I

PPT slideshow Numbered Quiz
Features of Linguistic Stylistics
Lexical Repitition Concept Mapping Chapter Quiz
Semantico-Syntactic Level
Semantic/Grammatical Level Grammar Games Hot seat with Rubrics
Phonological Level
Graphological Level Dyad / Think-pair-
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Lesson 5 – Types of Stylistics II PPT slideshow

Reader-Response Stylistics Concept Mapping Hot seat with rubrics

Affective Stylistics
Pragmatic Stylistics Grammar Games
Pedagogical Stylistics Numbered Chapter quiz
Forensic Stylistics Dyad / Think-pair-
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Lesson 6 – Levels of Linguistic Analysis
The Lexico-Semantic Level PPT slideshow Numbered Chapter quiz

Semantics Graphic organizers

Lexico-semantics Hot seat with rubrics
Lexical Relations Group work
Types of Words
Denotative/Connotative Meanings Concept Mapping
Idiomatic Meaning

Lesson 7 – Levels of Linguistic Analysis PPT slideshow

(The Syntactic Level) Group Discussions Charting Quiz
Units of Grammar
The Group Graphic Organizers Numbered Quiz
The Clause
The Sentence Group work Hot seat with rubrics
The notion of Rankshifting
Voice Concept Mapping

Lesson 8 – Foregrounding Group Discussions Charting Quiz

Meaning of Foregrounding Graphic Organizers Numbered Quiz

Types of Foregrounding
Concept Mapping Hot seat with rubrics
Lesson 9 – Stylistic Analysis Samples and Group Discussions Charting Quiz
Activities and possible answers
Graphic Organizers Numbered Quiz
The Beatles
Hot seat with rubrics
The Spice Girls Concept Mapping
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