Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Is stylistics a branch of linguistics or a branch of literature?

We should not confuse stylistics with literary criticism. 

Stylistics (or linguistic stylistics) is a branch of linguistics. It investigates various styles such as scientific style, fiction style, newspaper style, business style, internet style, etc. 


Literary criticism is related to the evaluation of literary texts, i.e. the analysis of works that are related to fiction.




Research Topics

Newspaper Genres


Functional Styles


Stylistics vs Literary Criticism

  We should not confuse stylistics with literary criticism.   Stylistics (or linguistic stylistics) is a branch of linguistics. It investi...