LITERARY STYLES

I

The language belles-lettres

The belles-lettres FS has the following

substyles:

1. the language style of poetry

2. the language style emotive prose

3. the language style of drama

II

The language of publicistic literature

The publicistic FS comprises the

following substyles:

1. the language style of oratory

2. the language style of essays

3. the language style of feature articles in

newspapers and magazines

III

The language of newspapers

The newspaper FS falls into:

1. the language style of brief news items and communiqués ;

2. the language style of newspaper

headings

3. the language style of notices and advertisements

IV

The language of scientific prose

The scientific prose FS also has three

divisions:

1. the language style humanitarian

sciences

2. the language style of “exact” sciences

3. the language style of popular scientific

prose

V

The language of official documents

The official documents FS can

be divided into four varieties:

1. the language style of diplomatic

documents

2. the language style of business documents

3. the language style of legal documents

4. the language style of military documents;