APPLIED STYLISTIC APPROACHES TO THE TEACHING OF LITERARY TEXTS

dc.creator	WILLIAM KEVIN PENNY
dc.date	2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:21:56Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:21:56Z
dc.identifier	1567-6617
dc.identifier	1573-1731
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/b925e002be834746b43f8558c2cf8965
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/20526
dc.description	Advocates of applied stylistics consider that vocabulary in literary texts is not always pre-dictable from form alone (sometimes deliberately) and that reader interpretation can be assisted through recognition of how specific literary devices function. This might include an examination of how various writers exploit certain registers and unique lexical choices to convey meaning in their work. For instance, some writers mix styles that occasionally combine casual, conversational tones with elevated Classical, Biblical, or Romantic themes in a way that undercuts their subject matter. Such techniques can serve to defamiliarize a reader and thereby heighten their intuitive response to the text. Stylistic interpretive pro-cedures become, therefore, a necessity for literature classrooms in both first and second language settings. Close examination of the lexical and structural elements embedded in literary texts is an effective way of illustrating for learners (particularly at the intermediate and advanced levels) how certain referential and representational aspects of language may be utilized. A teacher’s role can be to assist with the decoding of such texts by guiding students through a close examination of the function of these features. Analysis of this kind is valuable because it can inform the teaching of grammar and lexis as well as discourse and serve as a basis for literary text curriculums and course design.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	IAIMTE
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dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1567-6617
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1573-1731
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature, Vol 11, Pp 39-55 (2011)
dc.subject	literary text
dc.subject	stylistics
dc.subject	defamiliarization
dc.subject	register
dc.subject	lexis
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	DOAJ:Linguistics
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	DOAJ:Linguistics
dc.subject	DOAJ:Languages and Literatures
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
dc.subject	P
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	APPLIED STYLISTIC APPROACHES TO THE TEACHING OF LITERARY TEXTS
dc.type	article