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«Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland»
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF UKRAINE
IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

LEXICAL AND STYLISTIC DEVICES IN LEWIS CAROLL’S NOVEL
«ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND»

COURSE PAPER PRESENTED BY a fourth-year student of the English department

SUPERVISED BY an Associate Professor of the English department

LVIV 2012
CONTENTS

Introduction……………………………………………………………………………...3 Chapter I. Lewis Carroll and his enduring novel «Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland»…………………………………………………………………………5 Chapter II. Lexical, Syntactical Stylistic Devices, Lexico-Syntactical Stylistic Devices and Graphical Expressive means. …………….…………………………… 9 Chapter III. Figurative language and imagery in «Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland»………………………………………………………………………..19
Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………...27
Summary………………………………………………………………………………..29
References……………………………………………………………………………...30

Introduction

The novel “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll is a work of the highest excellence that has something important to say about life and says it with great artistry. During 125 years that have passed from the day of publication of "Alice in Wonderland" it became clear that his book is not only an outstanding work but an innovating one, and that the modest tutor of Oxford was an unusual thinker, which pondered over many problems of life. The object of this works is the novel “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” written by Lewis



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