Abstract
Style can be defined as the way language is used in a given context. Literary style can be defined as the linguistic patterns chosen by a particular author intentionally or unintentionally among all of the other options that are not chosen by her/him. The focal point of the study is to do a stylistic analysis of The Alchemist (1993), written by famous Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho, which is the most influential novel with its profound thoughts and remarkable artistry. The novel has a unique narrative structure and profound symbolic meaning. As the research is theoretical, analytical, and descriptive in nature, close reading text-based analysis is applied in the analysis of the novel. The theoretical framework for the present study is a stylistic model based on linguistic and stylistic features proposed by Leech and Short (2007) that have been applied. They described a list of different categories; lexical categories, grammatical categories, figures of speech, coherence, and cohesion, but the present study focused on only two categories; lexical categories and grammatical categories. The researcher used a “mixed approach” for the study. The researcher used a secondary source of data collection. The present study used a non-random sampling design. Thus, in this study, the researcher has done a stylistic analysis of the novel and has presented how academic readers can better understand the writer’s use of different literary elements and how meanings are constructed from a specific novel to reveal its themes.
Highlights
Stylistics is characterized as an investigation of the distinctive styles that are available either in a given expression or in a composed content (Berhanu, 2009)
The present study shows that linguistic and stylistic features enhance the meaning of the literary text when applied to literature
4.1 Style of Coelho (Findings of 1st research question) The style of writing is depended on the personality of the author because his choice of sounds, words, and syntactic patterns are reflected through his work
Summary
Stylistics is characterized as an investigation of the distinctive styles that are available either in a given expression or in a composed content (Berhanu, 2009). As the scientific study of style, stylistics analysis includes a scope of general language qualities, which incorporate word usage, sentence and paragraph structure, imagery, repetition, cohesive devices, and presentation of thoughts (Ratcliffe, 2015). Each author's works can influence artistic works. Even though their motivation is the same, i.e., the revelation of the truth about existence and human instinct, the ways authors express their thoughts vary from person to person. This implies every one of the writers’ works fit certain conditions in particular words. That means stylistic analysis can show the author's mind and description of his/her work. The author's quality can be embraced, and his shortcomings can be lessened
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