This volume presents the state of the art in terms of stylistic research and application, including EFL and ESL language classroom situations. Some of the most prominent scholars from a variety of backgrounds in the field of pedagogical stylistics show how theory, empirical studies and new technology, including corpus analysis, can be integrated into the classroom.

Foreword; R.Carter Preface Notes on Contributors PART 1: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES Stylistics in Second Language Contexts: A Critical Perspective; G.Hall On Teaching Literature Itself; P.Stockwell PART 2: NEW APPROACHES When the Students Become the Teachers: A Practical Pedagogy; J.Gavins & J.Hodson "The Shudder of the Dying Day in Every Blade of Grass". Whose Words? Voice, Veracity and the Question of Realism; J.Mcrae Analysing Literature Through Films; R.Montoro Discourse Stylistics and Detective Fiction: A Case Study; U.Clark PART 3: CORPUS STYLISTICS Corpus Stylistics as Discovery Procedure; D.E.Hardy Literary Worlds as Collocation; B.Louw Investigating Student Reactions to a Web-based Stylistics Course in Different National and Educational Settings; M.Short, B.Busse & P.Plummer PART 4: STYLISTICS, GRAMMAR AND DISCOURSE From Syntax to Schema: Teaching Flannery O'Connor in the Persian Gulf; D.L.Gugin Non-Standard Grammar in the Teaching of Language and Style; P.Simpson Language Teaching Through Gricean Glasses; J.Zerkowitz PART 5: AWARENESS AND COGNITION Attention Directed Literary Education: An Empirical Investigation; D.I.Hanauer What Reading Does to Readers. Stereotypes, Foregrounding and Language Learning; W.Van Peer & A.Nousi Revisiting Literary Awareness; S.Zyngier, O.Fialho & P.A.do Prado Rios Index