The Stylistics of Contemporary French

This text introduces students to the discipline of stylistics and how it can be applied to the French language. The book describes the different approaches to textual commentary and its relationship with critical discourse analysis, covering writer's intention, text structure, reader response and social function. The author analyzes the way different features of the French language are exploited, through a range of written texts from the fields of education, critical review and promotion, and considers the effects of social change on written style.