Decoding Stylistics Stylistics of the author and of the reader. The notions of encoding and decoding Decoding stylistics is the most recent trend in stylistic research that employs theoretical findings in such areas of science as information theory‚ psychology‚ statistical studies in combination with linguistics‚ literary theory‚ history of art‚ literary criticism‚ etc. Decoding stylistics makes an attempt to regard the esthetic value of a text based on the interaction
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Stylistic Analysis: Hamlet Soliloquy Shakespeare’s Hamlet is full of misdirection and mysterious happenings that are only explained to the audience through various soliloquies and hidden actions. Hamlet’s soliloquy in act 3‚ scene 2‚ is crucial for the audience to understand the mental struggle and inconsistent characteristics of the play’s eponymous protagonist. Hamlet incorporates dark‚ sinister-like images‚ to portray his future course of action towards his mother‚ Gertrude. Hamlet’s soliloquy
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A Stylistic Analysis of Death of a Pig In the article Death of a Pig‚ the author E. B. White recorded the last few days he spent with his young pig. This article was inspired by his real experience. After reading the whole article‚ readers can feel strongly that E. B. White didn’t treat his young pig as an animal‚ but a human‚ like a child‚ a friend or a relative. His various and accurate descriptions of the death of his young pig make readers feel that one of his family members pass away
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that is theoretically maintained unchanged In recent years considerable attention has been paid to stylistic variation in linguistic description. Variation which used to be described as free has lately been described as fitting within identifiable linguistic or social parameters. Studying stylistic variation is the main focus of this project which is based on the observation that language variation depends not only on the social
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The extract under the title is taken from the trilogy “The Forsyte Saga” written by the English novelist and playwright‚ winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932 John Galsworthy. Galsworthy became known for his portrayal of the British upper middle class and for his social satire. His most famous work is THE FORSYTE SAGA (1906-1921)‚ an English parallel to Thomas Mann’s Buddenbrooks (1901). Galsworthy was a representative of the literary tradition‚ which has regarded the novel as an instrument
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century is a household name. In the poems‚ “Titanic” by David R. Slavitt and “The Convergence of the Twain” by Thomas Hardy‚ the authors use tone and structure to challenge the romanticized view of the Titanic. In “Titanic” David Slavitt uses a sarcastic tone to criticize the way we have romanticized the sinking of the Titanic. He uses phrases such as‚ “give
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Dickens and Harriet Beecher Stowe; but one author stood out among them and his name was Mark Twain. Twain started a new trend of including new aspects of writing into his pieces such as voice‚ dialect‚ and satire. The one particular book written by Mark Twain that is known to be the beginning of American literature called The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ contains all three of these aspects. In the book‚ Twain uses the main character and narrator‚ Huck‚ to utilize his voice‚ dialect‚ and satire.
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Twain and Lying The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ by Mark Twain‚ starts out talking about lying. Finn says “This book was made by Mr. Mark Twain‚ and he told the truth‚ mainly. There was things which he stretched‚ but mainly he told the truth”.(1) Finn then goes on to say “I never seen anybody but lied one time or another”.(1) Twain is letting the reader know upfront that this book is going to be about lying. Throughout the book Twain gives examples of different types of lies. The lies
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David and Jennifer are living in the age of negativity. The environment is going to hell‚ unemployment is going to rise‚ life just sucks in general. This doesn’t bother Jennifer‚ but David wishes his life was more like his favorite 50′s TV show‚ Pleasantville. He’s seen every episode to the point of memorization; so when a mysterious TV repairman gives him a remote that transports him and his sister‚ Jennifer‚ into the show; he’s thrilled‚ but she is not. David (now Bud) tries to get Jennifer (now
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and quote approach is not enough to argue for a particular view of text‚ ∵ logical gaps often exists ∵ intuition is not enough 6. Stylisticians also use the same kind of approach on non-literary texts. 7. Another important strand in developing Stylistics: The Russian Formalist‚ (Moscow) - IA Richard the first stylisticians‚ but their work
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