A COMPARATIVE STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF D. H. LAWRENCE'S SONS AND LOVERS AND JOSEPH CONRAD’S HEART OF DARKNESS

Abstract

This research makes a comparative stylistic analysis of two literary texts —Joseph
Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and David Herbert Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers. The
study describes lexical and grammatical categories in the texts. The research
employs Leech and Short’s (2007) checklist of linguistic and stylistic categories. The
analysis reveals that Conrad and Lawrence operate different Linguistic styles in their
writing. In Sons and Lovers, Lawrence makes use of metaphoric language, dialects.
narrative conjunction, a series of questions for stylistic effects, though each for a
different purpose. Also, Lawrence makes a subtle and effective use of a complex
range of vocabulary. while Conrad's prose is bespattered here and there with some
foreign lexical items, which consciously or unconsciously add to the texture of his
style, a close investigation shows the prominent place he occupies in the English
linguistic and literary tradition. The three main formative linguistic elements of
Conrad's prose are English, French, and Polish. the writer employs narrative
conjunctions, a series of questions for stylistic effects, though each for a different
purpose. Resources of language are an essential part of the meaning of the novel,
making the interpretation of it more precise and leading to a better understanding of
the text.
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