M.H. Abrams, A Glossary of Literary Terms, Boston, Wadsworth, 2009;
Elena Semino, Metaphor in Discourse, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008 (chapters 1 and 2);
Elena Semino and Zsófia Demjén (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language, Abingdon and London, Routledge 2020 (chapters 21 and 30);
- Oxford Collocations Dictionary, Oxford University Press
- Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 2 volls, Oxford University Press.
Non-attending students should supplement their programme with the following text:
Paul Simpson, Stylistics: A Resource Book for Students, Abingdon and London, Routledge, 2014 (sections A and B).
Further material related to the textual analysis will be provided during the course.