A Comparison of 20th Century Theories of Style (in the Context of Czech and British Scholarly Discourses)
A Comparison of 20th Century Theories of Style (in the Context of Czech and British Scholarly Discourses)

Author(s): Michal Křístek
Contributor(s): Jana Chamonikolasová (Editor), Libor Jan (Editor)
Subject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Recent History (1900 till today), Comparative Study of Literature, Czech Literature, Theory of Literature, Stylistics, British Literature
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Scholarly discourse; theories of style; stylistics; British and Czech scholarly discourses; linguistics; literary theory; Czech and English studies;
Summary/Abstract: The book is focused on a comparison of theoretical approaches to issues of style, in the context of Czech and Anglo-Saxon (especially British) scholarly discourses. The aim was to show and compare different methodological approaches based on different theoretical bases – for this reason, two different cultural contexts were selected, attention being paid also to mutual contacts within these contexts. The 20th century was chosen intentionally, as the period during which, in both of the respective contexts, stylistics was constituted as a modern scholarly discipline rooted in the fields of linguistics and literary theory. The book is aimed at members of academic communities, at teachers as well as at students, especially at those focusing on Czech and English studies.

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