Conference proceedings, 4th International Conference of Language, Literature and Linu, Jun 2015
Stylistics, at its early stage of development, had gone through a number of controversies. The ar... more Stylistics, at its early stage of development, had gone through a number of controversies. The arguments as to whether it was a linguistic or literary phenomenon provided the platform for these controversies. Literary critics were sceptical about the utility of linguistic methods to literary interpretation and criticised the so called ‘objective’ and ‘scientific’ approach employed by linguists in their analysis of literary texts. The linguists, on the other hand, had accused the literary critics of being too vague and subjective in their interpretation and analysis; an issue which has since been seriously debated by both the stylisticians and literary critics. Efforts to bring such a dispute to terms had culminated into the convergence of different theories and approaches, which also marked the development of modern stylistics as an interdisciplinary field. This paper attempts to review the various developments that have taken place in the field of stylistics, as well as the sub-disciplines that have evolved as a result of its eclecticism, and argues that stylistics is indeed an essential tool for literary analysis.
Conference proceedings, 4th International Conference of Language, Literature and Linu, Jun 2015
Stylistics, at its early stage of development, had gone through a number of controversies. The ar... more Stylistics, at its early stage of development, had gone through a number of controversies. The arguments as to whether it was a linguistic or literary phenomenon provided the platform for these controversies. Literary critics were sceptical about the utility of linguistic methods to literary interpretation and criticised the so called ‘objective’ and ‘scientific’ approach employed by linguists in their analysis of literary texts. The linguists, on the other hand, had accused the literary critics of being too vague and subjective in their interpretation and analysis; an issue which has since been seriously debated by both the stylisticians and literary critics. Efforts to bring such a dispute to terms had culminated into the convergence of different theories and approaches, which also marked the development of modern stylistics as an interdisciplinary field. This paper attempts to review the various developments that have taken place in the field of stylistics, as well as the sub-disciplines that have evolved as a result of its eclecticism, and argues that stylistics is indeed an essential tool for literary analysis.
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