Stylistics
Term 2
TTh, 2:00 p.m.
The stylistics course is an introduction to the linguistic analysis of poems, prose and plays. We make a close study of a variety of literary texts in each of the three main genres, looking at some sub-genres of each, and apply our knowledge of language in general and of specific techniques developed in linguistics to interpret the literary message. Students participate in two workshops, one analyzing and interpreting the language of a poem and one the language of a play, write a term paper on describing a short story stylistically, and write a final exam. The prescribed books are Short (1996) and Simpson (2014). More details are available on the course website on connect.ubc.ca.
