Analysis of the text “W.S.” The text under analysis is an extract from a short story “W.S.” by Leslie Poles Hartley‚ a well-known British novelist and short story writer best-known for his novels which include “Eustace and Hilda” trilogy (1947) and “The Go-Between” (1953). The story “W.S.” comes from “The complete short stories” of L. P. Hartley published posthumously in 1973. The story “W.S.” is about a novelist Walter Streeter who one day gets a postcard from Forfar signed W.S. He doesn’t pay
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by William Somerset Maugham. First some information about the author. W. S. Maugham was a well-known English playwright‚ novelist and short story writer. He was the son of a British diplomat. He was educated at King’s school in Canterbury‚ studied painting in Paris‚ went to Heidelberg University in Germany and studied to be a doctor at St.Thomas Hospital in England. So‚ he put his hand in different activities and that’s why he is a versatile and experienced person. S. Maugham was critical of the
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1.The meaning of climax and anticlimax The Greek word climax means “ladder”; the Latin gradatio means “ascent‚ climbing up”. In climax we deal with strings of synonyms or at least semantically related words belonging to the same thematic group.[4‚ p. 155] According to Efimov L. P.‚ climax (or Gradation) – is the figure of unequality‚ which consists in arranging the utterance so that each subsequent component of it increases significance‚ importance or emotional tension of narration.[1‚ p. 69]
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Stylistics‚ sometimes called linguostylistics‚ is a branch of general linguistics. It deals mainly with two interdependent tasks: a) the investigation of special language means which secure the desirable effect of the utterance(stylistics devices and expressive means) 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. (functional styles) Functional styles discusses such general linguistic
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DANCING written by Susan Hill. The author is known as a British short story writer‚ novelist‚ playwright and critic. Her novels include The Woman in Black‚ The Mist in the Mirror and I’m the King of the Castle for which she received the Somerset Maugham Award in 1971. The extract describes the feelings of guilt and confusion of the main character Esme Fanshow after her mother’s death. The basic theme is the consequence of the attitude of a despotic mother to her caring but infantile daughter after
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The EMA In the light of your study of both parts of E301‚ analyse and compare evidence for both literariness and creativity in a short ‘everyday’ English language text and a short‚ ‘literary’ English language text‚ both of which you have selected yourself. E301 Guidelines for approaching the EMA CONTENTS LIST 1. Interpreting the question – some general points 2. Steps in writing your EMA 3. Identifying techniques you might use to analyse your texts 4. Identifying key course themes which may
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what are the principles on which the singling out of an SPU can be maintained? In order to give an answer to this question‚ it is first of all necessary to deepen our understanding of the term utterance. As a stylistic term the word ’utterance’ must be expanded. Any utterance from a stylistic point of view will serve to denote a certainspan of speech (language-in-action) in which we may observe coherence‚interdependence of the elements‚ one definite idea‚ and last but not least‚ the purport of the
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W.S. Maugham’s early reputation was based on his comedies of manners for the stage. Among the best remembered of his witty‚ cynical and frankly commercial plays are “The Circle” (1921)‚ “Our Betters” (1923)‚ and “The Constant Wife” (1926). W.S. Maugham usually wrote in a detached‚ ironic style‚ yet he often showed sympathy for his characters. His semiautobiographical novel “Of Human Bondage” (1915) established his position as a serious writer. “Cakes and Ale” (1930) is generally ranked next among
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euphemism‚ hyperbole. Syntactical EM: logical and emotional emphasis such as compositional (stylistic inversion‚ detached constructions‚ parallel construction‚ chiasmus‚ repetition‚ enumeration‚ suspense‚ climax‚ antithesis); particular (asyndeton‚ polysyndeton‚ the "Gap-Sentence" link; ellipsis‚ break-in-the-narrative‚ question-in-the-narrative‚ represented speech); rhetorical questions and litotes. The Stylistic Device (SD) is an intentional intensification of some neutral or expressive language
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This text is taken from the book of very famous writer W.S. Maugham “Theatre”. This is a piece of narration which is done in the 3rd person. The main key the text is written is rather ironical‚ as I think‚ and its slat is very emotional. The main characters of the story are Michael and Julia. They both are actors and work together in the theatre of Jammie Langtone. Julia is more successful and more talented than Machael but it doesn’t disturb them to be fond of each other. In this part of the
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