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E301B: The Art of English (II)

TMA: Semester 1, 2014 - 2015

TMA: 20 points

[Prepared by Course Chair: Dr. Yusuf Shudooh]

TMA Question:

In literature, Grices maxims of quality, quantity, relation and manner are consistently violated, and consequently literary texts give rise to complex and unresolvable implicatures on a vast scale. Discuss how this (violation of these maxims) contributes to the literary texts aesthetic effects.

Student notes:

This TMA is to be written in between 1400 - 1500 words.

Divide your TMA into paragraphs each starting with a key subtitle.

The main source of study material for this topic is Chapters 1 &2 of the textbook The Art of English: literary creativity and its readings.

There is also relevant material in the E301A Study Guide1 (Units 12 & 13 and 14- pp. 6-24). The accompanying CD-Rom, Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are useful too. Any other external resources you find relevant in the E-library.

Students are welcome to provide examples from their own background and experience. These will be considered as an added asset.Bibliography:

Suggested Resources:

1. Butler, C. and Flower, A. (eds) (1971) Topics in Criticism ,London, Longman.2. Carter, R. and Nash, W. (1983)Language and Literariness, Prose Studies, 6(2), pp. 123-141.3. Grice, H. P. (1975) Logic and conversation, in P. Cole and J. L. Morgan (eds) Syntax and Semantics 3: Speech Acts, New York, Academic Press. 4. Lakoff, G. and Turner, M. (1989) More than Cool Reason: A Field Guide to Poetic Metaphor, Chicago, Chicago University Press. 5. Widdowson, H. G. (1975) Stylistics and the Teaching of Literature, London, Longman.