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Stylistic Analysis Of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half Of A Yellow Sun
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Stylistics is very important in Literature because each literary text
represents an individual‟s use of language which reflects his unique
personality, thoughts and style.
The study of literary styles shows
the linguistics repertoire of a writer. We often hear of the style of
Armah; the style of Milton and the simplicity that is associated with
Wordsworth.
Stylistics looks at the choice of words, the sentence
patterns and figurative usage of words by a writer. Figurative
expressions which are sometimes called “Rhetorical Expression†helps a
writer to be vivid in his description of events and ideas.
According to Ezugu:
Figures
of speech, sometimes called “rhetorical†figures are expressions,
phrases or words used to convey more than their ordinary literal
meaning. These figures, if properly used, not only enrich but strengthen
and give life to our writing.
Ezugu (2011)
Some of the features used in a achieving style include:
- Diction, figurative usage and various sentence structures such as:
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Parenthetical Expressions: These are words, clauses or even another
sentence inserted at the middle or end of a sentence such as after
thoughts.
- Compound Sentence: A compound sentence is one which
consists of three or more simple sentences joined together by a
co-ordinating conjunction or semi – colon.
- Complex Sentence: A complex sentence consists of two parts. The main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.
- Compound complex sentence: This consists of two or more main clauses and one or more subordinate clause.
Other features of style include:
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Graphology: The analysis of hand writing to interpret character and
personality. Aspects of which are â€Italics, Bold sentence†and
capitalizationâ€.
- Code Switching: A system of switching from one linguistic code to another.
- Code – Mixing: A systematic way of mixing two or more linguistics codes in an utterance or writing.
- Transliteration: This is the literal translation of the syntatical structure of a language into another language
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study is a stylistic analysis of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‟s novel Half Of A Yellow Sun, which comprises four parts with a total number of 37 chapters and 433 pages. The aim of this study is to identify the predominant stylistic devices used by the author in the novel and the effects achieved by using them. To achieve this aim, the researcher uses quantitative stylistic analysis which entails the counting and writing down the number of times each device occurs in the selected chapters ... Continue reading---
