Investigating the Effectiveness of Using the Stylistic Approach for Teaching Literature at Sudanese Tertiary Level

Abstract

This study investigates the effectiveness of using stylistic approach for teaching literature at tertiary level, to facilitate the study of literary version and , to solve the problems encounter the students. The thesis consist of five chapters. Chapter one includes the problem , the objectives, the questions, and the hypotheses, which assume that stylistic approach can facilitate the study of literature and solve the problem encounters the students at tertiary level . The searcher applied an experimental method in two stages by using the traditional stage (teacher - centred) and control stage by using stylistic approach. And then, employed (pre – test and post – test) as a tool to collect the data. Also, the researcher used an inferential statistics (T-test), and adopting the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) to analyze the data. The findings confirm the hypotheses that, students strongly responded to the use of stylistic approach as an ideal and practical method for teaching literature. Also, it could move the methodology of teaching literature from (teacher – centred to student – centred) Based on that, the researcher presented the following recommendations: • Teachers of English literature should promote their performance by using stylistic approach. • The procedures that the teacher uses should be followed practically and systematically to draw students’ attention to analyze the language of literature. • Teachers should provide the students with an explicit guidance to solve the difficulties encounters them. • Students should be aware of the values of the authentic language of literature, and invest it in language acquisition and strongly in communication.