Diploma
Introduction
Stylistics, sometimes called lingvo-stylistics, is a branch of general linguistics. It has now been more or less definitely outlined. It deals mainly with two interdependent tasks: a) the investigation of the inventory of special language media which by their ontological features secure the desirable effect of the utterance and b) certain types of texts (discourse) which due to the choice and arrangement of language means are distinguished by the pragmatic aspect of the communication. The two objectives of stylistics are clearly discernible as two separate fields of investigation. The inventory of special language media can be analyzed and their ontological features revealed if presented in a system in which the co-relation between the media becomes evident.
The types of texts can be analyzed if their linguistic components are presented in their interaction, thus revealing the unbreakable unity and transparency of constructions of a given type. The types of texts that are distinguished by the pragmatic aspect of the communication are called functional styles of language (FS); the special media of language which secure the desirable effect of the utterance are called stylistic devices (SD) and expressive means (EM).
The purpose of this paper is to present the object and aims of linguo-stylistic and to explore different stylistic devices in Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray”.
The first chapter of the paper is devoted to the study of linguo-stylistics and to the different types of stylistics.
The second chapter deals with expressive means and stylistic devices in Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray”. First, we will discuss the aims of linguo-stylistics, we’ll give the definitions of the word ‘style’.
Second, we will present expressive means and stylistic devices, such as Metaphors, Metonymy, Simile, Hyperboles, Irony, etc.
Third, we will present some examples of the types of expressive means and stylistic devices from the novel
Stylistics, sometimes called lingvo-stylistics, is a branch of general linguistics. It has now been more or less definitely outlined. It deals mainly with two interdependent tasks: a) the investigation of the inventory of special language media which by their ontological features secure the desirable effect of the utterance and b) certain types of texts (discourse) which due to the choice and arrangement of language means are distinguished by the pragmatic aspect of the communication. The two objectives of stylistics are clearly discernible as two separate fields of investigation. The inventory of special language media can be analyzed and their ontological features revealed if presented in a system in which the co-relation between the media becomes evident.
The types of texts can be analyzed if their linguistic components are presented in their interaction, thus revealing the unbreakable unity and transparency of constructions of a given type. The types of texts that are distinguished by the pragmatic aspect of the communication are called functional styles of language (FS); the special media of language which secure the desirable effect of the utterance are called stylistic devices (SD) and expressive means (EM).
The purpose of this paper is to present the object and aims of linguo-stylistic and to explore different stylistic devices in Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray”.
The first chapter of the paper is devoted to the study of linguo-stylistics and to the different types of stylistics.
The second chapter deals with expressive means and stylistic devices in Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray”. First, we will discuss the aims of linguo-stylistics, we’ll give the definitions of the word ‘style’.
Second, we will present expressive means and stylistic devices, such as Metaphors, Metonymy, Simile, Hyperboles, Irony, etc.
Third, we will present some examples of the types of expressive means and stylistic devices from the novel