This course introduces a wide range of stylistic techniques and their associated literary effects to enrich students' enjoyment of literature and enhance their understanding of how literary language works. The course will explore theories from traditional stylistics, discourse structure and cognitive linguistics among others.

1x1hr lecture; 1x1hr seminar per week over 10 weeks as scheduled on MyCampus.

This is one of the Honours options in English Language and Linguistics and may not run every year. The options that are running this session are available on MyCampus.

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The standard assessments for this course are: 

■ Essay (2000 words) - 50% 

■ Portfolio of online exercises - 40% 

■ Portfolio of literary examples - 10% 

If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available: 

■ There are no alternatives to the assessments, but flexible deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustment (Students should follow the usual process for extensions). 

Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.  

This course will provide the opportunity to:

■ understand how linguistic style can contribute to literary effects through the careful examination of a range of literary texts, including poems, plays and prose;

■ develop close analysis reading by performing detailed analyses of style in literary texts;

■ facilitate the critical appraisal of theories in literary stylistics.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ recognize a stylistic devices in a wide range of literary texts;

■ understand how stylistic devices can be exploited by creative writers to produce special literary effects;

■ analyse patterns in literary style to develop new insights from literary works;

■ critically evaluate contemporary theories in literary stylistics.