Linguistic analysis of literary text

The educational-methodical manual addressed to students of philological specialities of pedagogical universities presents the lecture complex of the elective course Linguistic analysis of literary text. The principles and methods of linguistic research of a literary work are described an idea of imagery as a distinctive feature of an artistic style is given and a technology for studying the author''s linguistic individuality is proposed which can be effectively used in the practice of school development of the basic area of Language and Literature. Each topic is supplied with tasks for the SSW. There are also test items designed for final control.