about style. Literary translator: seeks to create similar effect‚ response‚ intention‚ emotion of the source texts using highly stylistic language similar to that of the source text as much as possible. Steps for translating literary texts: 1- Read the text carefully 2- Analyze the text: Extract the ideas and understand the emotion‚ context‚ ideas‚ and creative stylistic features of the text‚ and the purpose of the text and the author. 3- Try to balance the content and the style 4- Gain enough knowledge
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particular model of narrative: the framework of natural narrative developed by the sociolinguist William Labov. Labov’s concept of narrative structure‚ which has already featured in this strand (A5)‚ has proved a productive model of analysis in stylistics. After a brief sketch of the model‚ some narrative texts will be introduced and some practical activities developed around them. Labov’s narrative model The enduring appeal of Labov’s model of natural narrative is largely because its origins
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pressure to the revelation of its three central human rights elevate the political necessities to heroic ideals. In fact the Declaration proved so stirring that Washington ordered it read to the American troops. Stephen E Lucas‚ in his essay “The Stylistic Artistry of the Declaration of Independence”(3) notes that Jefferson turned to the writing of Milton‚ Pope‚ and Shakespeare‚ among others‚ and that he wrote “for the ear as well as for the
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products‚ as these two words are stressed throughout the entire picture. Many elements tie in together to make this a very intriguing and convincing endorsement for the reader of the magazine. By using a simple‚ coherent structure‚ and variety of stylistic devices along with clever word choice‚ the illustrator’s advertisement for decaffeinated coffee is extremely persuasive. The structure of the advertisement is a primary tool used to persuade the reader into looking into and buying the "decaffeinated
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Research Proposal Research area: This study intends to fall in the area of sociolinguistics. Research topic: This research will explore the impact of social media (facebook) on academic writing. Problem statement: How is the informal language used on (facebook) is affecting the formal language writing skills of the students? Research questions: i. The questions to be addressed in this research project are interested in the extent to which Facebook use has an impact on learners’ academic development
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subject‚ we firstly listened to several pieces of fantasy music as a guided visualisation in which we were asked to imagine going through different doors and to visualise what was behind them. This then inspired us to experiment with diferent stylistic devices to include in our performance. We were given two pieces of text that was goin to be the scope for our piece of Drama‚ they were: A Midsummer Night’s Dream - A play by William Shakespeare. Era wise‚ there were no problems with
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GENERAL NOTIONS 1. Kinds of Literature Literature can be subdivided into various kinds according to various criteria. It can exist in oral (folklore) or written form; literary speech can be prosaic or poetic. Literature can be divided into fiction and non-fiction. Non-fiction is a prose writing that presents and explains ideas or tells about real people‚ places‚ events. The main forms/genres of non-fiction are character sketch‚ journal‚ letters‚ memoirs‚ biography‚ essay etc. Fiction is
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called Greenwich Village‚ which is in New York. It is really in only one place in this short story‚ and it is inside Sue and Johnsy’s house. In a small part of the city west of washington square. ANALYSIS The stylistic analysis of “The Last Leaf” by O’Henry The text under stylistic analysis is the short story “The Last Leaf” by O’Henry. William Sydney Porter was born on 11-th of September in 1862 in North Carolina. His mother died when he was three year old. Porter worked at drug store of his
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retire and wear you down eventually to where you want nothing out of life anymore. Secondly‚ the book Walden‚ or‚ Life in the Woods‚ displays double meanings and contradictions of this concept simplicity. I did some research on Thoreau about his stylistic writing and common themes and many of reviewers would argue that Thoreau is not simple at all. I would agree as well because Walden is written in such an extravagant way. There were countless times when I had to re-read paragraphs to grasp the meaning
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inscrutability‚ strangeness and uncommonness. The language of the writer is very rich and full of various kinds of stylistic devices. They help the reader to picture the main character. For example‚ the epithet “impossible” and the antithesis “With absolutely nothing to say for himself. And such a weight” describe him as a mysterious and unusual person. Also‚ with a help of these stylistic devices author takes pains to tell the reader that it is hard to describe the main character by words. Moreover
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