Stylistic Analysis of The Stray Dog by Sadegh Hedayat

Authors

  • Sana Saddiqi BS Student, Department of Linguistics & Literature, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar (D. I. Khan Campus), KP, Pakistan
  • Dr. Muhammad Ajmal Associate Professor of English, Department of Linguistics & Literature, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar (D.I. Khan Campus)
  • Dr. Ambreen Shahnaz Lecturer, COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21015/vtess.v10i1.927

Abstract

Stylistic analysis is the method to check and observe how the language works in a literary text. This study is based on stylistic analysis of Sadegh Hedayat’s short story The Stray Dog. It aims to analyze this story from stylistic point of view to find out the use of language and different stylistic and rhetorical devices from the text. It also aims to find the meaning that these stylistic devices convey to support the themes of the text. Sadegh Hedayat’s fiction is very unique and it can easily get the attention of readers due to the versatile writing style of the writer and use of innovative features of language in sort fiction. So, this is an important methodology to learn and understand the figurative use of language in the text and what linguistic conventions are used by the author to give meaning to the story that not only convey the meaning but also support the themes and give background information. It concludes with the analysis of all these stylistic and rhetorical devices such as simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, imagery etc.

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2022-03-18

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Saddiqi, S., Ajmal, D. M., & Shahnaz, D. A. (2022). Stylistic Analysis of The Stray Dog by Sadegh Hedayat. VFAST Transactions on Education and Social Sciences, 10(1), 99–104. https://doi.org/10.21015/vtess.v10i1.927

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2022): January-March

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