Yusupov Oybek Nematjonovich Ahmedova Nigora Shavkatovna

 
5.
Samples of stylistic analysis
  
6.
Questions for Internal control
 
Tests
 
Glossary
  
Bibliography
 
The list of abbreviations
 

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PREFACE 
English Stylistics is a theoretical textbook and a practical manual intended for 
university students majoring in the English language and literature. Its eight chapters 
(“Lectures”) cover all the main themes traditionally included in the university syllabus in 
this subject. The presented approaches, the treatment and systematization of basic 
concepts have been worked out, formulated and grounded on the well-known 
publications of modern home and foreign stylisticians. The book is based on the course 
of lectures delivered by the author to the 3
rd
-year students of the English department, but 
it may also be used as a reference book by the 4
th
year students preparing for their state 
examinations or working on graduation papers dealing with stylistics and stylistic 
analysis of the text. 
The book is designed to combine both the theoretical elucidation of the principal 
problems of stylistics (including some of its modern, highly interdisciplinary issues and 
aspects of analysis) with the practical examination of numerous expressive resources of 
the English language. One more aim of the manual is to acquaint students with the 
complex terminology employed in style studies and to develop their ability to 
differentiate, perceive and interpret the multifarious language phenomena of various 
levels in terms of their stylistic and pragmatic functioning in different oral and written 
types of discourse. The book contains thematically arranged assignments aiming to give 
students some practical guidance in thoughtful reading and stylistic analysis, samples of 
which are presented in the last section of the supplement. The questions for self-control 
given after each theme and a great number of examples discussed and analysed in the 
text of the book are meant to prepare students for conducting independent stylistic 
analysis of the passages suggested in Practical Assignments. The illustrations are taken 
from both prose and poetry works of prominent authors whose names are enumerated at 
the end of the textbook, where students can also find a subject index and a list of 
references and literary sources recommended for further reading. 

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