L’analyse stylistique est l’examen des procédés linguistiques mis en œuvre par un écrivain. Elle emprunte à la grammaire, à la linguistique, à la rhétorique, à la poétique et à la sémiotique leurs outils et leurs approches pour décrire l’utilisation qu’un auteur fait de tel ou tel élément langagier. L’ouvrage se divise en 5 chapitres de la méthodologie du commentaire à l’entraînement en passant par l’étude des grands genres. Les applications aux textes proposent un parcours à l’étudiant allant de l’analyse au plan détaillé. Corrigés, mises au point théorique, bibliographies sélectives et glossaire accompagnent le travail de l’étudiant.

The roots of pragmatics reach back to Antiquity, especially to rhetoric as one of the three liberal arts. However, until the end of the 18th century proto-pragmatic insights tended to be consigned to the pragmatic, that is rhetoric, wastepaper basket and thus excluded from serious philosophical consideration.It can be said that pragmatics was conceived between 1780 and 1830 in Britain, but also in Germany and in France in post-Lockian and post-Kantian philosophies of language. These early 'conceptions' of pragmatics are described in the first part of the book.The second part of the book looks at pragmatic insights made between 1830 and 1880, when they were once more relegated to the philosophical and linguistic underground. The main stage was then occupied by a fact-hunting historical comparative linguistics on the one hand and a newly spiritualised philosophy on the other.In the last part the period between 1880 and 1930 is presented, when pragmatic insights flourished and were sought after systematically. This was due in part to a new upsurge in empiricism, positivism and later behaviourism in philosophy, linguistics and psychology. Between 1780 and 1930 philosophers, psychologists, sociologists and linguists came to see that language could only be studied in the context of dialogue, in the context of human life and finally as being a kind of human action itself.

Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) is generally considered one of the main founders of modern linguistics and semiotics. The book that was derived from his teaching, the Course in General Linguistics, had a lasting impact on the intellectual life of the 20th century and remains today an object of debates and controversies. This Guide for the Perplexed introduces the reader to the ways in which Saussure developed his revolutionary insights on language in the context of the linguistics of his time. It also provides clear definitions and explanations of the basic notions that form the substance of his work, with relevant examples of how they apply to the understanding of language and other symbolic systems. The book demonstrates how Saussure's ideas have subsequently been used in the humanities and social sciences. It concludes by pointing to the continuing relevance of the theoretical and practical problems that were articulated by Saussure. This is the ideal book for those studying Saussure, structural linguistics or semantics and semiotics, offering a clear overview and explanation of all the key aspects of this fascinating linguist's work.

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L'analyse stylistique est l'un des exercices essentiels des premières années de licence de lettres jusqu'aux concours. Cet ouvrage expose en détail la démarche pour élaborer puis rédiger une analyse stylistique à partir de tout type de texte. Il propose des plans détaillés et une version rédigée de ces plans. Des encadrés fournissent des mises au point théoriques, une bibliographie en fin de chaque chapitre et un glossaire complètent l'ouvrage. Cette nouvelle édition présente des commentaires ajustés aux nouvelles exigences de l'épreuve aux concours de lettres.Frédéric Calas est professeur des Universités à l'Université Blaise Pascal de Clermont-Ferrand, où il enseigne la langue et la littérature françaises.