Abstract
This study aims at proposing a methodology in analyzing one of the significant poems of the twentieth century, The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot. By means of applying the tools of the computer, namely; Wmatrix (Rayson 2003, 2008) and WebCorp Live (Birmingham City University). This paper seeks to examine whether corpus stylistics can be helpful in analyzing a single poem 2. Verifying the importance of corpus tools in interpreting poetic language. Moreover, this study attempts to examine key semantic domains, keywords, and concordances in the poem. This study proves that corpus tools are crucial in matters of saving time, reaching to accurate results and achieving much more objectivity than applying only the qualitative method in analyzing the data. Thus, it is recommended to integrate both methodologies (qualitative and quantitative) in the study of poetic language.
Highlights
This study aims at analyzing one of the significant poems of the twentieth century, The Waste Land by T.S
To examine whether corpus stylistics can be helpful in analyzing a single poem 2
This study proves that corpus tools are crucial in matters of saving time, reaching to accurate results and achieving much more objectivity than applying only the qualitative method in analyzing the data
Summary
This paper presents a corpus-stylistic analysis of T.S.Eliot’s poem The Waste Land, (TWL). 2–3) pinpoints that " a corpus does not contain new information about language by using software packages which process data, we can obtain a new perspective on the familiar". Wynne (2005) pointed out some underlying similarities of approach: "Traditional and computational forms of stylistics have more in common than is obvious at first sight Both rely on the close analysis of texts, and both benefit from opportunities for comparison" (p.677-679). Mahlberg & McIntyre (2011, p.205) ascertain that corpus stylistics does not substitute the qualitative analyses, but rather foster the computational analyses They argued rightly, that "corpus methods can aid the identification of elements of a text worthy of further qualitative analysis" (p.223). Computer programs can aid researchers immensely as Rayson (2003, p.4) pinpoints that " the computer saves us time with its processing of the texts into frequency lists, it presents us with so much information that we need a filtering mechanism to pick out significant items before the analysis can proceed"
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