STYLISTICS IN BRAZIL

Authors

  • Carlos Eduardo Falcão Uchôa Universidade Federal Fluminense

Keywords:

style, Stylistics, expressiveness, functions of language, stylistic devices

Abstract

This article aims at pointing out the origins and the evolution of Stylistics in Brazil. After an introduction about the emergence, in Europe, of Stylistics as a discipline in the field of language studies, the article concerns itself with the contributions of Philology, Linguistics, the Theory of Literature and Grammar to the study of the most different stylistic devices employed by writers, particularly by Brazilian ones.

Author Biography

Carlos Eduardo Falcão Uchôa, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Professor Emérito e Professor Titular de Linguística da Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Livre-Docente em Linguística. Últimas publicações: Sobre o ensino da análise sintática: história e redirecionamento. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 2010; A linguagem: teoria, ensino e historiografia. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira/Lucerna, 2008; O ensino da gramática: caminhos e descaminhos. Rio de Janeiro: Lucerna, 2007.

Published

2013-06-19

How to Cite

Uchôa, C. E. F. (2013). STYLISTICS IN BRAZIL. MATRAGA - Journal Published by the Graduate Program in Letters at Rio De Janeiro State University (UERJ), 20(32). Retrieved from https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/matraga/article/view/19836

Issue

Section

Linguistic Papers