(731534-3) Introduction to Literary Linguistics
(Intro.Lit/ Ling)

Course Description

This course is designed to apply some linguistic concepts to English literary texts. The students will first be introduced to such concepts as: English phonetics, syntax, morphology and semantics. By analyzing selected essays, poems, short stories, a few key paragraphs from novels and a few scenes from plays, an application of these concepts will follow. As the course will start from the linguistic basics to more sophisticated issues, it does not presuppose any knowledge of this field.
The primary text book for this course is: Traugott, Elizabeth Closs, et al. Linguistics for the Students of Literature. New York: Harcourt Barce Jovanovich, 1980. In addition, there will be a few poems, essays, short stories, a few key paragraphs from novels and a few scenes from plays.