Rhetoric and Stylistics

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Rhetoric and Stylistics

Course Start Date

Aut 2021

Course Level

Postgraduate

Length in Terms

1 term

Credits

Language

English

Fees ($) (including lab fees)

Details

Future Terms

Aut 2022

Quota and Schedule

Course Start Date	Course Level	Length in Terms	Credits	Language	Fees ($) (including lab fees)	Future Terms
Aut 2021	Postgraduate	1 term	5	English	Details	Aut 2022

Course Coordinator: Dr Charlie Ng Chak Kwan, BA (Hons.) (CUHK); MPhil (CUHK); PhD (Edinburgh)

Important notes
This course will be taught via face-to-face mode, commencing in September 2019. Lectures and tutorials will be scheduled on weekday evenings and / or Saturdays.

Aims
This course aims to provide students with fundamental knowledge of stylistic analysis, including its theories and purposes, which will be put into practice by applying the ideas to analyse a range of discourses that target public audiences. Students will learn how to identify and name features of texts that constitute their style, recognize the cognitive and affective effects of stylistic elements and examine their social, cultural and historical implications.

Contents

Rhetoric and style
Rhetoric structure, linguistic levels and foregrounding
Contexts, speech act theory and communication
Stylistic analysis of media discourses
Stylistic analysis of speeches
Stylistic analysis of non-fictional narratives
Stylistic analysis of fictional narratives

Contact hours
Thirty-nine hours in total.

Assessment
The continuous assessment portion of the course accounts for 60% of the total course score, while the final examination accounts for the remaining 40% of the total course score. Students are required to submit assignments via the Online Learning Environment (OLE).