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Stylistic Analysis: Insight into the Subtle Delivery of Meaning
文筆分析 : 探究達意技巧微妙處

Course Code
GENG9125
Application Code
2270-1704NW
Study mode
Part-time
Start Date
16 Feb 2025 (Sun)
Duration
45 hours
Language
English
Course Fee
HK$5,600
Deadline on 03 Feb 2025 (Mon)
Enquiries
2975 5695
2508 6403
charlotte.ma@hkuspace.hku.hk
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文筆分析：探究達意技巧微妙處

Students' feedback on their "Stylistic Analysis: Insight into the Subtle Delivery of Meaning" classes

This course aims to give students a working understanding of stylistics so that they may employ stylistic techniques in their own work.

Stylistic analysis is the identification and description of style features in written (and spoken) language to explain how such stylistic features evoke particular feelings and responses, intended by the author, in the mind of the reader (or listener). The discipline relates linguistic facts (linguistic description) to meaning (interpretation) in as objective and explicit a way as possible, given that some stylistic techniques can be indirect and have a subliminal effect. In short, we aim to understand how skilled authors subtly influence the delivery of meaning.

The course provides guided critical readings of a wide variety of texts of different genres (fiction, drama, poetry, advertising, business, journalism, legal texts, etc.) to expand students’ lexical and rhetorical repertoire, and to apply the skills and vocabulary thereby gained through working on:

an analysis essay (voluntary) and written and oral in-class exercises
 
The principal focus will be the written word, with reference being made to spoken language where appropriate.
 
The determined student should finish with a more proficient and effective personal writing style and a more penetrating understanding of texts written by others.

 

 

 

Programme Details

This course will cover:

  • The various kinds of ‘deviation’ (discoursal, semantic, lexical, grammatical, etc.) and how their psychological effect (‘foregrounding’) works through not conforming to what is linguistically normal
  • Rhetorical devices
  • Parallelism and the ‘parallelism rule’
  • Style variation (dialect, medium, tenor/register, domain, etc.)
  • Discourse structure and the modes of speech & thought presentation
  • Phonetic structure (the ‘sound effects’ of written language: rhyme, alliteration, sound symbolism, etc.)
  • Metrical structure (rhythm & metre, stress, timing, natural/rhythmical ‘reading’, etc.)
  • Dialogue/conversational aspects (point of view, context, speech realism, etc.)
  • Assumptions/presuppositions, conversational rules, and the inference of meaning
  • Linguistic indicators of viewpoint (value-laden expressions, sequencing, deixis, etc.)
  • Narrative and descriptive style
About the Trainer
Peter Brokenshire

 

Mr Peter Brokenshire, British English elocution and accent reduction trainer,  was raised in Malaya and educated in England. He graduated in Classics (Latin and Ancient Greek) and joined the British Army, first in the infantry and then as an intelligence analyst, and met his wife in Hong Kong in 1982. He was then self-employed in sales and IT, and gained a BSc in Natural Sciences and an MSc in e-Commerce. He then worked for the Department for Transport in IT procurement, negotiating and managing large data management, IT services and software development contracts. In 2012 he returned to the Far East and teaches English and elocution in various tertiary education institutes in China and Hong Kong. His interests include languages, history, natural sciences and fish keeping.

Students will be impressed by his sense of humour and dynamic teaching methods. 
You may also be interested in the following courses:
British English Elocution
British English Elocution Enhancement
Stylistic Analysis: Insight into the Subtle Delivery of Meaning Apply Online Now
Application Code 2270-1704NW
Start Date 16 Feb 2025 (Sun)
Time 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Venue HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Stanley Ho Community College (HPSHCC) Campus
Tutor Mr. Peter Brokenshire
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Days / Time
  • Sunday, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Duration
  • 15 meeting(s)
  • 3 hours per meeting
Venue

Fee

Course Fee
  • Course Fee : HK$5,600

Entry Requirements

Applicants will be graduates and willing to take part in discussions and practical in-class exercises, ideally with little inhibition. They should be reasonably confident and fluent English speakers.

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Payment Method
1. Cash, EPS, WeChat Pay Or Alipay

Course fees can be paid by cash, EPS, WeChat Pay or Alipay at any HKU SPACE Enrolment Centres.

2. Cheque Or Bank draft

Course fees can also be paid by crossed cheque or bank draft made payable to “HKU SPACE”. Please specify the programme title(s) for application and applicant’s name. You may either:

  • bring the completed form(s), together with the appropriate course or application fees in the form of a cheque, and any required supporting documents to any of the HKU SPACE enrolment centres;
  • or mail the above documents to any of the HKU SPACE Enrolment Centres, specifying “Course Application” on the envelope. HKU SPACE will not be responsible for any loss of personal information and payment sent by mail.
3. VISA/Mastercard

Applicants may also pay the course fee by VISA or Mastercard, including the “HKU SPACE Mastercard”, at any HKU SPACE enrolment centres. Holders of the HKU SPACE Mastercard can enjoy a 10-month interest-free instalment period for courses with a tuition fee worth a minimum of HK$2,000; however, the course applicant must also be the cardholder himself/herself. For enquiries, please contact our staff at any enrolment centres.

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Online application / enrolment is offered for most open admission courses (enrolled on first come, first served basis) and selected award-bearing programmes. Application fees and course fees of these programmes/courses can be settled by using "PPS by Internet" (not available via mobile phones), VISA or Mastercard. In addition to the aforesaid online payment channels, new and continuing students of award-bearing programmes with available online service, they may also pay their course fees by Online WeChat Pay, Online Alipay or Faster Payment System (FPS). Please refer to Enrolment Methods - Online Enrolment  for details.

Notes

  • If the programme/course is starting within five working days, application by post is not recommended to avoid any delays. Applicants are advised to enrol in person at HKU SPACE Enrolment Centres and avoid making cheque payment under this circumstance.

  • Fees paid are not refundable except under very exceptional circumstances (e.g. course cancellation due to insufficient enrolment), subject to the School’s discretion. In exceptional cases where a refund is approved, fees paid by cash, EPS, WeChat Pay, Alipay, cheque, FPS or PPS by Internet will be reimbursed by a cheque, and fees paid by credit card will be reimbursed to the credit card account used for payment. 

  • In addition to the published fees, there may be additional costs associated with individual programmes. Please refer to the relevant course brochures or direct any enquiries to the relevant programme team for details.
  • Fees and places on courses cannot be transferrable from one applicant to another. Once accepted onto a course, the student may not change to another course without approval from HKU SPACE. A processing fee of HK$120 will be levied on each approved transfer.
  • HKU SPACE will not be responsible for any loss of payment, receipt, or personal information sent by mail.
  • For payment certification, please submit a completed form, a sufficiently stamped and self-addressed envelope, and a crossed cheque for HK$30 per copy made payable to “HKU SPACE” to any of our enrolment centres.
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