Syllabus
Linguistic part
Topic 1: Position of English and its Historical Development
Topic 2: Signs, Sounds, Syllables and Words, Linguistic Disciplines and Units
Topic 3: Sentences and Texts, Syntax and FSP
Topic 4: Language System and Typology
Topic 5: Properties and Functions of Language, History of Linguistics and PLC
Topic 6: Language and Extralinguistic Reality, Language in Literature, Accuracy vs. Interpretability
Literary part
Topic 7 LITERATURE – ITS DEFINITION(S) AND FUNCTIONS
Topic 8 LANGUAGE AND/ OF LITERATURE CATEGORIES OF WORDS. FIGURES. FIGURES OF SPEECH, FIGURES OF SOUND, RHETORICAL FIGURES, SYNTACTIC FIGURES.
Topic 9 MAJOR GENRES IN TEXTUAL STUDIES: FICTION.
Topic 10 MAJOR GENRES IN TEXTUAL STUDIES: POETRY.
Topic 11 MAJOR GENRES IN TEXTUAL STUDIES: DRAMA.
Annotation
The linguistic part of the course focuses on introducing language as a supreme structure, tool of communication, fundament of human existence and social phenomenon - concerning its specific, as well as universal properties. The aim of the literary part of the course is to introduce students to unique qualities of literary language and familiarize them with the basic terms and categories of literary studies as well the specific features of fiction, poetry and drama.
The main focus is put on the development of students’ ability to analyse a selection of texts from Anglo-American literature from the point of view of their formal structure.