Stylistics: A Practical Coursebook (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415113816)

Using a wide range of twentieth-century literary prose Laura Wright and Jonathan Hope provide an interactive' introduction to the techniques of stylistic analysis. Divided up into five sections; the noun phrase, the verb phrase, the clause, text structure and vocabulary, the book also provides an introduction to the basics of descriptive grammar for beginning students.
* Presumes no prior linguistic knowledge
* Provides a comprehensive glossary of terms
* Adaptable: designed to be used in a variety of classroom contexts
* Introduces students to an enormous range of 20th century literature from James Joyce to Roddy Doyle
A practical coursebook rather than a survey account of stylistics as a discipline, the book provides over forty opportunities for hands-on stylistic analysis. For each linguistic feature under discussion the reader is offered a definition, a text for analysis, exercises and tasks, in addition to a suggested solution.
Stylistics: A Practical Coursebook is genuinely student friendly' and will be an invaluable tool for all beginning undergraduates and A-level students of language and literature.

Author: Jonathan Hope, Laura Wright
ISBN-10: 0415113814
ISBN-13: 9780415113816
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 12/07/1995
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.55d