Stylistic Aspects Research Articles

The Language of Partition: A Study of the Narrative Structures of Selected Stories

The Partition of India in 1947 that resulted in the death and displacement of millions of people continues to inhabit the cognizance of the people of South Asia as a historical phenomenon laden with violence. Although the bequest of the Partition is palpable in episodes of religious tension, discourses on minority belonging, secularism, nation and nationalism in India, critical exploration of the phenomenon as a tension-ridden historical episode has largely been restricted. The present research paper deals with the stylistic aspects of a series of seven short fictional narratives from Bengal and Punjab. In this paper, the scholar talks about how the creative-imaginative representation of Partition has till date remained confined to the discussion of thematic aspects with the result that the elements of narration have remained insignificant in critical mediation. As such, the scholar addresses the gap in the genre of Partition studies by critically reading and stylistically scrutinizing the narrative elements of a series of selected Partition narratives to see how violence as a leitmotif in these seven selected fictional texts is documented.

Some Stylistic Aspects of Oscar Wilde’s Fairy Tales

Nowadays stylistic analysis of prose fiction is quite actual, as with the help of the studies we are able to identify the writing style of a writer and figure out his/her characteristics; also to study the individual traits of writer’s works. On the basis of the stylistic studies, we can find out what stylistic devices or literary terms are used by the author; what makes his works so emotive, expressive and distinctive. Given article deals with the stylistic aspects of one of the famous English poets and writers Oscar Wilde’s fairy tales. For the research we have chosen the “The Happy Prince”, “The Selfish Giant”, “The Nightingale and the Rose”, “The Devoted Friend” . In the given work we tried to investigate and study the characteristic features of his works, the writer’s writing style and language of the tales and those stylistic devices which are used in above mentioned fairy-tales. Based on the research of the fairy-tales revealed that Oscar Wilde’s writing style is really distinctive and impressive as he uses a variety of literary or stylistic devices, that catches a reader’s attention. It should be mentioned that his lingual abilities are limitless and they are characterized by great emotiveness and expressiveness; consequently, he makes a strong impression on readers and makes them feel a part of the story. It is worth mentioning that Oscar Wilde’s fairy tales are based on personification, as there we find a great variety of its examples. There are also used repetition, parallel constructions and metaphors. Wilde, with his individual imagery and metaphorical style, immerses the reader in a sea of emotions, as his fairy tales are distinguished by the strong emotiveness and expressiveness. Those legendary fairy tales can obviously be considered as the greatest gift for readers, as he perfectly builds an emotional connection between the reader and characters.

Стаття Шарля Баллі «Syntaxe de la modalité explicite» («Синтаксис експліцитної модальності») і сучасна лінгвістика

The article examines the place of Charles Ballyʼs paper «Syntaxe de la modalité explicite» in the body of work of the prominent Swiss linguist on the category of modality and identifies the role of his ideas in modern description of syntax. In Charles Ballyʼs linguistic heritage the concept of modality plays an exceptionally important role. His views o n the modal organization of the sentence are based on the theoretical perspective to describing the phenomenon of language proposed by his teacher Ferdinand de Saussure. Charles Ballyʼs theory of modality is an integral part of his general theory of enunciation. Identification of the two components in the semantic structure of the sentence, namely the modus and the dictum, becomes some kind of a bridge between Saussureʼs intellectualized grammar of language and the grammar of speech, which specifically entails the study of emotional and affective factors, and also stylistic aspects of human language. According to Charles Bally, the modus is a combination of a modal verb, which may contain a variety of shades of opinion, feeling or will, and a modal subject, which can represent a speaking subject and also other subjects. Charles Ballyʼs studies significantly influenced the interpretation of the category of modality in modern linguistics. However, not every theory based on the idea of identifying the modus and the dictum in the sentence can be theoretically convincing. Identifying the dictum with the representation of the objective, and the modus with the subjective led to unsubstantiated theoretical opposition of objective and subjective modality. Only misunderstanding of Charles Ballyʼs ideas might explain the attempts to attribute the ability to express the category of evaluation and emotionality to the modus. Charles Ballyʼs original theoretical views proved to be productive in the development of the cognitive theory of modality, which in its turn is based on other theoretical views on the phenomenon of language. Within this theory, modality is defined as a category that describes the mental-sensory differentiation of the speakerʼs thoughts in the process of sentence formation. According to the active approach to sentence interpretation, the subject of the modus in cognitive modality theory is only the speaker. The paper «Syntaxe de la modalité explicite», which Charles Bally described as a program of studies, has not lost its relevance. The task of describing the semantic shades of modality, as well as various forms of its expression, the principles of classification of modal verbs outlined in the paper as the goal of linguistics, remains largely unresolved today.

Islamic Identity and Islamic Cultural Hegemony: A Critical Insight into Kamila Shamsie <em>Home Fire</em>

The study of this paper is related to Islamic studies and main concerns on Islamic identity and Islamic cultural hegemony in the Western country relevant to contemporary Pakistani Diaspora English writing. The paper attempts to throw some light on the aspects of Islamic issues and religious orthodoxy in Kamila Shamsie’s novel Home Fire. Kamila Shamsie is one of the greatest diasporic writers in Pakistani literature. Due to the hereditary writer, Kamila Shamsie has writing skills in her blood, so her novels represent stylistic aspects of South Asian novels. She highlights several issues like cultural identity, nationality, cultural conflict and other socio-political issues through immigrated Pakistani characters such as Isma, Parvaiz, Emmon, etc. By focussing on two British Muslim families in contemporary England, Home Fire has reimaged the verse of Sophocles’ Antigone, when she transported from ancient Greece to today’s London using the British-Pakistani characters to highlight several issues like immigration, racism, Muslim identity and discrimination. Through the concept of Antonio Gramsci’s Cultural Hegemony and the concept of Identity, this paper finds out the aspects of Islamic cultural hegemony and Islamic identity in Home Fire.

Polyphony in the Choral Creation for Equal Voices Signed by Dan Voiculescu

"This paper represents a more detailed research of one of the defining stylistic aspects for equal voices choral creation composed by Dan Voiculescu. The composer managed to enrich the children's repertoire with important works, starting from the premise that it must be close to the contemporary musical language. Polyphony, in its various forms, gives this type of repertoire stylistic unity and offers many possibilities for modernizing the choral language. Dan Voiculescu uses poliphony to exploit and materialize it in a multitude of compositional devices. The most used polyphonic process in Voiculescu's choral creation is imitative polyphony. It is materialized in various forms, being connected mainly by the tradition of its application from ancient times (Renaissance, Baroque) to the present day. Keywords: polyphony, Composer Dan Voiculescu, choral music. "

The linguistic ecmhanism for the creation and realization of paradoxes in fiction texts. Sense-making potential of paradox (as exemplified in Carroll L. «Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There»)

Paradox is one of the most mysterious and interesting phenomena, which is found in all languages and is studied in logical-philosophical, general linguistic, stylistic, rhetorical and aesthetic aspects. The reflection of nonsense on the real, logical relations of things inevitably leads to the linguistic norms violation. When the inconsistency of the linguistic norm brakes the conventional sense making schemes, resulting in an unusual and unexpected interpretation, paradox arises. Linguistic processes under the influence of the paradox in a fiction text acquire a special logic and meaning. The aim of the article is to identify and investigate the linguistic mechanism by which paradoxes are created and realized in the text of a fiction work; to consider the paradox as a means of meanings formation in the fiction text. The study was conducted at different linguistic levels: syntactic, lexico-grammatical, semantic, graphic, stylistic. The article focuses on the actualization of the contradiction in the fiction work, carried out at all linguistic levels in the form of compositional-syntactic or stylistic-morphological opposition. Linguistic means in together with the identified types of paradoxes create a unique storyline of the work under study. The paradox is considered as an artistic device to reveal the nature of the characters, situations, to achieve against the background of the contradiction in the fiction work a comic effect, implementing the subtle irony of the author. A special method of creating ambiguity is word play, leading to the game with the meaning, which can be both true and false. Playing with meaning generates imagery. This is proved by the presence of a variety of stylistic figures in the text of the fiction work, bright unusual metaphors, phraseological units. It was revealed that the moment of paradox realization in the fiction text coincides with the appearance of metaphors. Metaphorical thinking combines the absurd and logical, associating cognitive structures of past experience and new information, creating additional meanings. It is proved that paradox, like metaphor, possesses a unique potential for sense-making, and is a powerful stimulus for cognitive and creative activity.

The didactic potential of the linguistic-stylistic analysis of the text in the lessons of the Russian language

The actual problem of linguodidactics is the search for new methods and techniques for working with text based on a text-centric approach to language training. The article identifies and describes the didactic possibilities of using the linguistic-stylistic analysis of texts in the lessons of Russian as a foreign language. The reasons for the need to work with the text as with the highest communicative unit have been determined: 1) works of different styles and genres are used in language lessons as didactic material in the formation of language competence; 2) the tasks of developing speech competence include teaching various types of text analysis; 3) communicative competence is formed on the basis of the text. The goals of using text, including fiction, in Russian language lessons have been identified: 1) linguistic and speech (enrichment of vocabulary, demonstration of the capabilities of the grammatical system; text as a stimulus for discussion); 2) sociocultural (acquaintance with the culture of the country of the target language; “culture described by the language”); 3) ethical and aesthetic (humanistic and aesthetic values; skills of aesthetic perception of fiction). The criteria for selecting a text as an educational material are determined: compliance of the text with educational goals; informativeness; availability; cultural significance; educational orientation; cognitive and ethical-aesthetic value. The effect of the message depends not only on the meaning of the units of the statement, but also on the contextual design, on the idea of the work and the author’s ideas, and on the author’s intentions. Linguistic-stylistic analysis of text, including fiction, is the most important method in teaching Russian as a foreign language: it makes it possible to form students’ conscious attitude to speech activity, develop aesthetic feelings and tastes, master the Russian language and Russian speech in their unity, in functional and stylistic aspect, improve language, speech and communicative competence. Such a study of the Russian language makes it possible to overcome the dryness and cliché in language teaching, to increase its educational capabilities.

Margaret Atwood’s Poetry in Slovene Translation

Margaret Atwood is undoubtedly the most popular Canadian author in Slovenia, with eight novels translated into Slovene. Although this prolific author also writes short fiction, poetry, children’s books, and non-fiction, these remain unknown to Slovene readers, at least in their own language. Atwood has published as many poetry collections as novels, but her poetry is inaccessible in Slovene, with the exception of some thirty poems that were translated and published in literary magazines between 1999 and 2009. The article provides an overview of Atwood’s poetry volumes and the main features of her poetry, as well as a detailed overview of Atwood’s poems that have appeared in Slovene translation, with the names of translators, titles of poetry collections, dates of publication, and names of literary magazines. This is the first such overview of Slovene translations of Atwood’s poetry. Additionally, the article offers an insight into some stylistic aspects of Atwood’s poetry that have proven to be particularly challenging for translation.

A Carved Wooden Door from Kayseri

The article deals with a little-known mo- nument of Seljuk woodcarving — a door from an ancient Friday mosque (Jami-i Kebir) in Kayseri (Turkey). The carved door, exhibited now in the Ankara Museum of Ethnography, has not yet been the subject of a comprehensive publication. Therefore, this artifact belongs to the group of Anatolian Seljuk woodcarvings, made in the 12th — early 13th centuries, that have a special significance. As rare monuments of Islamic art of the pre-Mongol Middle East, they stood at the origins of the blooming of Anatolian Seljuk art that would occur some decades later.The door was ordered and installed during the Jami-i Kebir mosque renovation, carried out in the second reign of the Seljuk Sultan Giyseddin I Kayhosrov (1205—1211), on the instructions of one of his emirs — Muzaffar al-din Mahmud son of Yagy-Basan, a descendant of the Danishmendid dynasty. The article considers the door’s ornamental decoration, organized as a classic “mihrab” composition, in a set of technical and stylistic aspects. For a comparative analysis, the author inspects a wide range of woodcarvings of the 11th—13th centuries from Anatolia and Iran. The close resemblance of used techniques and decoration, as well as motifs, ornamental themes and epigraphy makes it possible to suggest that the cabinet maker Ibrahim son of Abu-Bakr al-Rumi, who left his signature on the Minbar of the Alaaddin Mosque in Ankara Fortress, could be the author of the magnificent carved door from Kayseri’ Jami-i Kebir.

NICKNAMES IN FICTION: ON THE EXAMPLE OF ABDULLA KAHHAR`S STORIES

Abstract. As you know, the semantic and functional types of Uzbek anthroponymy are the names of people, surnames, patronymics and nicknames. The creator of a fictional work applies overwhelming number of concepts in terms of anthroponomy. Nicknames play a particularly significant role in representing the stylistic aspects of the work. In addition, nicknames also perform functional tasks. The author carries out their transition from the appellative level to the onomastic level. The article provides a linguistic analysis of the nicknames presented in the stories of Abdullah Kahhar. We will briefly focus on the anthroponymic units of onomastics of the Uzbek language, as well as consider a broad approach to the classification of nicknames in the stories of the writer and provide information about the motives put forward in them. Research methods.

Stylometric analysis of Trump’s tweets

Abstract This study analyzes the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of Trump’s tweets, focusing mainly on tweets sent during his electoral and presidential period. As stylometric findings should be based on a comparative basis, a corpus of tweets written by Obama during his presidency, and those posted by the White House account during the same period are employed to reveal Trump’s specific stylistic idiosyncrasies. In addition, the most characteristic words and tweet features are analyzed, indicating that Trump mainly refers to himself or to close relatives. This study points out that President Trump is always driving an electoral campaign, refers positively to a single news source, but generally I-words are not overused. Even if inappropriate words occur from time to time, their frequency level is lower than typical male Twitter users. Finally, Trump’s rhetoric can be characterized by a definite and negative tone without many references to people. His judgments are definitive and emphasized with grandiose adjectives.

Language Styles of Lailatun Ghaba ‘Anha al-Qamar Short Story by Najib al-Kilany (A Stylistic Analysis)/Stilistika Cerpen Lailatun Ghaba ‘anha Al-Qamar Karya Najib Al-Kilany

This study aims to reveal the beauty of the language style in the short story Lailatun Ghaba 'anha al-Qamar by najib al-Kilany through a stylistic perspective. Najib al-Kilany as a writer also has his own style that is interesting to know. This study uses a descriptive method of data analysis by deploying data collection techniques, namely observations and note-taking. The results of this study reveal several stylistic aspects contained in the short story, such as: a semantic aspect which includes the use of at-taraduf (synonym), a syntactic aspect which includes the function of at-taqdim wa at-ta'khir (prioritizing word position and ending it), and an imagery aspect which includes simile, hyperbole, metaphor, and synecdoche styles. Based on the study’s results, it is concluded that Najib al-Kilany emphasizes the imaginary side of a story, which leads the reader to being immersed in his work.

ARTISTIC AND STYLISTIC ASPECTS OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING BY A. I. AVGUSTOVICH IN THE 1960s

The article analyses the landscape genre in the painting of the famous Dagestan artist A. Avgustovich. The characteristic features of the author's handwriting in the context of foreign cultural influences and innovative approaches to the disclosure of the image are considered. The specific stylistic and ideological-content aspects of the artist's landscape works are revealed.

ANALISIS WACANA KRITIS TERHADAP NASKAH PUBLIKASI PIDATO KENEGARAAN PRESIDEN JOKO WIDODO DALAM RANGKA HUT KE-70 PROKLAMASI KEMERDEKAAN REPUBLIK INDONESIA

Using language into the published manuscript of state speech of President Joko Widodo tended to not transparent, but contained of much meaning of rhetoric. So that, criticaldiscourse analysis (CDA) was chosen as an instrument for questioning some interests, valuesor instructions which were hidden behind of the language. This research aimed to describe textstructure, social cognition, and social context about published manuscript of state speech ofPresident Joko Widodo for 70rd anniversary of The Republic of Indonesia. Researcher used aqualitative approach for discourse analysis within theory of Teun A. van Dijk. Result of thisresearch was text structure about this published manuscript speech which included of 3sections, which were: macrostructure, superstructure and microstructure. About themacrostructure, the research focus was about its topic. About the superstructure, the researchfocus was its schema or its plot. While the microstructure, the observational focus were itssemantic, syntactic, and stylistic aspects. About the social cognition of this manuscript, itincluded 3 schemas or models, which were: person schemas, role schemas, and event schemas.Meanwhile, about the social context of this published manuscript of President Joko Widodo’sstate speech, it included of practice of power and also access which controlled over thediscourse.

Pendayagunaan Citraan Dalam Teks Syair Surat Kapal Masyarakat Melayu Indragiri Versi Anang Kasim

ABSTRACT
 The pattern of image application used by poets in a literary work, especially the text of the ship's verse, can affect the quality of the text of the ship's verse. The messages to be conveyed through literary works must be creative so that they appear attractive to read and listen to, so special characteristics and patterns are needed, especially in the field of image itself, to make his work beautiful and attractive. There are many ways to enjoy, understand and appreciate the work of the author, one of which is to study the Utilization of Imagery in Anang Kasim's Version of the Syair Surat Kapal of the Indragiri Malay Community. Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyze and interpret the Utilization of Images in Anang Kasim's Version of the Syair Surat Kapal of the Indragiri Malay Community. This needs to be examined because the existence of a literary work can be seen from how the author packages his work so that he can create its own patterns and styles from the author's side. This research is descriptive with content analysis method. The data of this research are sourced from the book Syair Surat Kapal Masyarakat Melayu Indragiri Karya Dedi Iswanto 2007. The data studied were documented by reading, taking notes, then summarized and grouped based on the pattern of applying images in Anang Kasim's version of Anang Kasim's version of Syair Surat Kapal Surat Melayu Indragiri Community. Based on the author's observations, the text of Anang Kasim's version of the Syair Surat Kapal Melayu Indragiri version has a unique and distinctive pattern of application of imagery utilization seen from the stylistic aspect, namely quality imagery so that readers are able to enjoy and interpret the express and implied meanings of the verse.
 Keyword: Utilization, Imagery, Syair Letters of the Ship

Tas-de-charge – An Essential Part of Gothic Vault

Gothic architecture can be viewed from several perspectives, including stylistic aspects, architectural theory, and structural analysis.As Gothic architecture is a skeletal construction, it is essential to achieve an equilibrium with the multiple loads and forces. Medieval master masons' architectural knowledge was firmly based on empirical learning, which stimulated the dynamic development of structural innovations.This paper emphasises and describes a particular type of vault springer, one of the most complicated and sensitive parts of Gothic construction. Known as tas-de-charge, it became especially characteristic of high Gothic architecture. According to its principle, the springer's lower courses contain the merged vault nerves and are carved from one single stone block in each course. The beds of these courses are not radial as those of the average voussoirs, but horizontal. Without the concept of tas-de-charge, the development of late Gothic vaults could not be imaginable. This particular solution made possible the creation of elegantly narrow imposts supporting the vault ribs, the double arch and the formerets. So far, tas-de-charge has not been a focus of interest in the historiography of Hungarian medieval architecture; however, it appears that it was commonly applied in our late Romanesque and early Gothic monuments.

Metaphoric characteristics of perpetuum mobile and its conductorial interpretation (based on the examples of compositions by D.Shostakovich)

The authors give theoretical substantiation and offer the ways to define the metaphoric images of perpetuum mobile in European music of the 19th - the first half of the 20th century. The research considers the common formative characteristics of an image (monothematism, variational nature, subordination to the continuous flow-through tempo), intonational components (noise and onomatopoeical effects, ostinato character, repetition of rithmic, texture and melodic formulae). The authors detect individual stylistic peculiarities in the realization of perpetuum mobile in the process of conducting a piece of music: sarcastic invariants of a theme (D. Shostakovich). Using the material of musical compositions, the authors substantiate and explain the universal character of the image of perpetuum mobile and its strong potential. The transformations of the image reflect the development of European music from pantheism of romanticists to the newest technicist tendencies of the 20th century, and represent complex conflict processes of the spiritual life of a person in the age of industrial civilization. The research of the image of perpetuum mobile of the previous ages doesn’t explain all the peculiarities of the phenomenon and determines the need for further research of the postmodernist music art of the late 20th - the early 21st century. Based on the offered images of perpetuum mobile in music, the authors detect their transformation from the sound images of the 19th century to anthropogenic allusions of the first half of the 20th century. It is proved that in the music of the early 20th century, perpetuum mobile is one of the implementations of the image of a “human-machine” - in music culture, becomes controversial due to wars and confrontation in the world, therefore the sound images of perpetuum mobile reflect a militarized conflict (a vivid example is Shostakovich’s Symphony No 7). The article characterizes the artistic and stylistic aspects of perpetuum mobile in the instrumental music of the 20th century. The authors note that in the beginning of the century, the image of perpetuum mobile gains the features of technicism, which promotes the development of a different interpretation and means of conducting a piece of music.  

Linguistic Analysis of Insta, Twit Posts and LJ Blogs in the Context of Their Functions (Based on the Russian Language)

<span lang="EN-GB">The present article is concerned with identifying the linguistic and extralinguistic features of </span><em><span lang="EN-US">Instagram, Twitter, </span></em><span lang="EN-US">and</span><em><span lang="EN-US"> Live Journal</span></em><span lang="EN-GB"> hypertexts, depending on their functional focus. The relevance of the topic is due to the need for a more detailed study of Internet communication from the point of view of functional and stylistic aspects. </span><span lang="EN-US">The study provides a comparative analysis of <em>Instagram, Twitter,</em> and <em>Live Journal</em> online services based on the Russian language material.</span><span lang="EN-GB"> The results are correlated with the questionnaire data on the studied problem. The article discusses graphic, lexical, stylistic, syntactic, and spelling features. The authors conducted a comparative analysis of the hypertexts of <em>Instagram, Twitter,</em> and <em>Live Journal</em> online services in the context of their functions; identified linguistic and extralinguistic features of the hypertext of the services under study; established the relationship between the language of the text and the function implemented. </span><span lang="EN-US">It has been established that all three online services perform, first of all, a communicative function, which is expressed through the use of slang, vernacular, online discourse vocabulary, graphic means, markers of increased emotionality, recreation of a specific accent/dialect, spelling and punctuation violations, incomplete, unextended sentences. Along with the socialization function, <em>Instagram</em> performs the function of self-presentation, for the implementation of which the authors of publications resort to linguistic creativity. Unlike <em>Instagram, Twitter,</em> and <em>Live Journal</em> fulfill a more political function, expressed in stylistic devices such as metaphor, comparison, irony, hyperbole, and repetition. </span><span lang="EN-GB">The results were verified using a questionnaire survey conducted among Russian students</span><span lang="EN-US">.</span>

‘The Enthroned Virgin and Child with Six Saints from Santo Stefano castle’, Apulia, Italy

A seven-panel work entitled The Monopoli Altarpiece is displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. It is considered to be a Cretan-Venetian creation from the early fifteenth century. This article discusses the accounts of what has been written on this topic, and endeavors to bring field-changing evidence about its stylistic and iconographic aspects, the date, the artists who created it, the place it originally came from, and the person who had the idea of mounting an altarpiece. To do so, a comparative study on Byzantine and early-Renaissance painting is carried out, along with more attention paid to the history of Santo Stefano castle. The aim is to shed more light on an artwork which stands as a witness from the twilight of the Middle Ages and the dawn of Renaissance; as a messenger from the Catholic and Orthodox pictorial traditions and collaboration; finally as a fosterer of the triple Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance expression.

Mimesi del parlato in “Sandokan, storia di camorra” di Nanni Balestrini Analisi stilistica

The goal of this paper is to examine the main features of spontaneous speech and colloquial language in Nanni Balestrini's novel, Sandokan, camorra story. The choice of the novel is due to the fact that this work is characterized by a style based on the imitation of the protagonist's oral narration; by the prevalence of the spoken aspects and of stylistic construction that corresponds to the oral texts. We are facing a linguistic work entrusted to flows without any punctuation marks. In order to delimit the language used in the corpus, a wide range of models will be examined through an analytical methodology. The analysis is carried out on linguistic and stylistic aspects. Linguistically, the focus will be on lexical and morph- syntactic tendency. The lexical choices belong to the colloquial register through the presence of dialectal voices; lexemes of medium and familiar use; verbal phrases with a generic sense such as the verb “fare” (to do); foul language; and lexemes related to the world of the mafia and drugs. As for morph- syntactic tendency, distinctive aspects of speech appear such as: the use of the indicative mode; “che polivalente” (that multipurpose); the dislocation and the split sentence “la frase scissa”; and finally, the discursive signals. On a stylistic level, not only the style is considered without punctuation, but also some mechanisms to which textual cohesion is assigned through the figurative language such as “sillessi”, “anaphora” and repetition, which are recurrent in speech and colloquial language.