Stylistic Analysis of the Short Story ‘The Last Word’ by Dr. A. R. Tabassum

In this article stylistic analysis of short story ‘The Last Word’ by Dr. A. R. Tabassum is performed. The formative elements of the story, such as point of view, characters and allegorical element, are discussed in detail so as to give a better insight of the story. The story is analyzed stylistical...

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Published in:Advances in language and literary studies 2015-06, Vol.6 (3), p.10
Main Authors: Abdul Bari Khan, Ahmad, Madiha, Ahmad, Sofia, Ijaz, Nida
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Allegory
Alliteration
Assonance
Check Lists
Consonance
Discourse Analysis
Figurative Language
Grammar
Language Styles
Literary criticism
Literary Devices
Literary Genres
Phonology
Rhyme
Short stories
Stylistics
Tabassum, Abdur Rashid
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Summary:In this article stylistic analysis of short story ‘The Last Word’ by Dr. A. R. Tabassum is performed. The formative elements of the story, such as point of view, characters and allegorical element, are discussed in detail so as to give a better insight of the story. The story is analyzed stylistically in terms of figures of speech where grammatical, lexical and phonological schemes are considered, following the checklist of linguistic and stylistic categories proposed by Leech and Short. Features of repetition, parallelism, alliteration, consonance, assonance and rhyme are focused on. Finally, the findings and conclusion is given to sum up the discussion.
ISSN:2203-4714
2203-4714
DOI:10.7575/aiac.alls.v.6n.3p.10