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ELT Journal 1986 40(2):125-130; doi:10.1093/elt/40.2.125
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Can stylistic analysis help the EFL learner to read literature?

Roger Gower

Roger Gower is the Principal of the Bell School of Languages, Cambridge. He has extensive teachertraining experience, and has taught in London, Italy, and Mexico. He is co-author of Teaching Practice Handbook with Steve Walters (Heinemann, 1983) and Reading Literature with Margaret Pearson (Longman, 1986).

Stylisticians frequently claim that their academic activity is of use to the foreign learner struggling with literature. This article characterizes the spirit of this activity and suggests that it is alien to the spirit in which we read. The writer acknowledges that learners need help with the language but argues, by way of a suggested classroom activity, that stylistic analysis, instead of aiding their reading, actually impedes it.


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