ABSTRACT
Aquestionmystudentsoftenaskis'Whybothertodostylistic analysiswhenyoucanjustreadliteratureandenjoyit?'A relatedquestion(sometimesalmostanaccusation)is'Doesn't analysingliteraturespoilthewonderofit:onceyou'vedone stylisticanalysis,howcanyoueverreadliterarytextsfor pleasure?'
