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EXPLORING THEMATIC CONSTRUCTION THROUGH LITERARYDEVICES IN THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST: A STYLISTICSTUDY BASED ON LEECH AND SHORT | Journal of Applied Linguistics and TESOL (JALT)
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The languages serve a variety of purposes like the language of any novel allows the reader toimmerse themselves in its universe. In this regard, several stylistic devices can be used to successfullyaccomplish these goals. The study of style is known as stylistics. According to Leech and Short (1981),style is the way language is used in a given situation, by a certain person, for a specified goal, and soon (p. 10). The primary literary instrument that gives a language its unique characteristics is itsstyle. Understanding how words may have a significant impact on the reader is helpful. Themethodologicalframework adopted in this study is primarily grounded in the analytical model proposed by GeoffreyLeech and Mick Short (1981) in Style in Fiction, and is employed to conduct a systematic stylisticanalysis of Mohsin Hamid’s novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist. According to Leech'scategorization, this study focuses on a single category—Figures of Speech. The investigation's maingoal is to examine how Hamid uses figurative language in the context of the book. It is evident fromstylistic studies of the text that Hamid is a master of words and has unremarkable stylistic skill. Manyfigures of speech has been used throughout the novel which make it decorative and create a deep andeverlasting effect on its reader.
The languages serve a variety of purposes like the language of any novel allows the reader toimmerse themselves in its universe. In this regard, several stylistic devices can be used to successfullyaccomplish these goals. The study of style is known as stylistics. According to Leech and Short (1981),style is the way language is used in a given situation, by a certain person, for a specified goal, and soon (p. 10). The primary literary instrument that gives a language its unique characteristics is itsstyle. Understanding how words may have a significant impact on the reader is helpful. Themethodologicalframework adopted in this study is primarily grounded in the analytical model proposed by GeoffreyLeech and Mick Short (1981) in Style in Fiction, and is employed to conduct a systematic stylisticanalysis of Mohsin Hamid’s novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist. According to Leech'scategorization, this study focuses on a single category—Figures of Speech. The investigation's maingoal is to examine how Hamid uses figurative language in the context of the book. It is evident fromstylistic studies of the text that Hamid is a master of words and has unremarkable stylistic skill. Manyfigures of speech has been used throughout the novel which make it decorative and create a deep andeverlasting effect on its reader.