Virginia Woolf’s short story "The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection"‚ is the sad self portrait of a woman whose character is examined both from outside and in‚ and found to be unsatisfactory. In her examination‚ Woolf uses modern features of theme and style. These features employ modern ideas of narration and character to illustrate a fuller‚ more complete picture of the character than is possible using only traditional techniques of narration. Woolf also advocates in this story the usage of
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With reference to at least 2-3 of Amichai’s poems‚ identify the main stylistic elements of his work and comment on their effectiveness. The main stylistic elements of the work of Yehuda Amichai greatly reflect the time in which he was writing and the place in which he was located whilst writing. Being born in Germany in 1924 and then living in Israel in the 20th century meant that Amichai was exposed to a turbulent stage in world history as Israel had only just been created as a separate state
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Stylistic Comparison of Mer-ib and his Wife in their Chamber of Sacrifice‚ Egypt‚ Old Kingdom and Euthymides‚ Revelers‚ Greece‚ Archaic Period This paper will analyze and explore the stylistic differences between the largely unrealistic and conventional style of the Egyptian art of the Old Kingdom depicted in the work Mer-ib and his Wife in their Chamber of Sacrifice and the realistic style of Greek artist Euthymides in his work Revelers. The primary differences in these art styles lies in
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I love Sula. I just don’t like her. That’s the difference” (p57). The ambiguities and contingencies of love are central to ‘Sula’. Analyse Morrison’s depiction of love with reference to her development of character‚ relationships‚ structure and stylistic devices. In the novel Sula‚ It can be viewed that the author Toni Morrison takes an irregular view on the theme of motherly love that affects both the Sula and Nel characters throughout their lives. The absence of Wiley Wright has a damning effect
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How does Sebold use representations of speech and other stylistic techniques to present Jack in the extract printed below‚ and in one other episode elsewhere in the novel? Sebold presents the character of Jack as having conflicting behaviour after Susie’s death. Initially after the death of his daughter‚ Jack is mentally strong and seems to be coping with Susie’s death in his own way‚ but we later realise Jack is not as strong as he seems on the surface‚ and is close to the breaking point himself
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Types of Stylistics? Stylistics is the study and interpretation of texts from a linguistic perspective. As a discipline it links literary criticism and linguistics‚ but has no autonomous domain of its own. Types of Stylistics: 1. Computational Stylistics: Study of patterns formed in particular texts‚ authors‚ genres‚ periods via computational methods. Through the use of computers‚ it should be possible to achieve more accurate detection and explanation of such linguistic patterns. 2. Linguo-Stylistics:
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Introduction Stylistics‚ sometimes called lingvo-stylistics‚ is a branch of general linguistics. It has now been more or less definitely outlined. It deals mainly with two interdependent tasks: a) the investigation of the inventory of special language media which by their ontological features secure the desirable effect of the utterance and b) certain types of texts (discourse) which due to the choice and arrangement of language means are distinguished by the pragmatic aspect of the communication
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Steps to Text Analysis Recommended Steps in Text Analysis Introduction: briefly define the text type (the functional style and the genre)‚ the topic‚ the problems raised‚ the cultural and historical background of the author and his text. Useful tips: The first step includes defining the type of the text you are analyzing. Does the text represent fiction/belles lettres style/non-fiction? Is it a whole text or an extract? If it is fiction what genre does the text represent? It should be noted that
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Stylistic 1. General Notes on Style and Stylistics. The subject of stylistics has so far not been definitely outlined. This is due to a number of reasons.First of all there is a confusion between the terms style and stylistics. The first concept is so broad that it is hardly possible to regard it as a term. We speak of style in architecture‚ literature‚ behaviour‚ linguistics‚ dress and other fields of human activity Even in linguistics the word style is used so widely that it needs interpretation
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Г.Б. Антрушина‚ О.В‚ Афанасьева‚ Н.Н. Морозова What Is a Word? What Is Lexicology? What’s is a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet... (W. Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet‚ Act II‚ Sc. 2) These famous lines reflect one of the fundamental problems of linguistic research: what is in a name‚ in a word? Is there any direct connection between a word and the object it represents? Could a rose have been called by "any other
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