Personification as Manifestation of Author’s Ironical Attitude from the Title-Text Correlation Standpoint (in the novel Animal Farm by G. Orwell)
The paper attempts at presenting the author’s ironical attitude in the allegorical novel “Animal farm” written by G. Orwell. Here we posit the idea that the author’s ironical attitude can be embodied by personification, a figure of speech, which makes inanimate objects, animal characters or abstract...
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Yerevan State University
2017-10-01
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| description | The paper attempts at presenting the author’s ironical attitude in the allegorical novel “Animal farm” written by G. Orwell. Here we posit the idea that the author’s ironical attitude can be embodied by personification, a figure of speech, which makes inanimate objects, animal characters or abstract ideas seem just like people by giving them human traits. The article also clarifies the role of context in defining the title-text correlation, which is best marked by the superiority of pigs ruling the farm instead of people. Hence, the former Manor Farm comes to be named Animal farm, postulating the abilities and strength of animals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-05e47e97ae604846b70a0f9d942aef592022-12-21T23:19:53ZengYerevan State UniversityArmenian Folia Anglistika1829-24292579-30392017-10-01131-2 (17)10.46991/AFA/2017.13.1-2.029Personification as Manifestation of Author’s Ironical Attitude from the Title-Text Correlation Standpoint (in the novel Animal Farm by G. Orwell)Irina Mkhitaryan0Chair of Translation Studies and Practice, Yerevan State UniversityThe paper attempts at presenting the author’s ironical attitude in the allegorical novel “Animal farm” written by G. Orwell. Here we posit the idea that the author’s ironical attitude can be embodied by personification, a figure of speech, which makes inanimate objects, animal characters or abstract ideas seem just like people by giving them human traits. The article also clarifies the role of context in defining the title-text correlation, which is best marked by the superiority of pigs ruling the farm instead of people. Hence, the former Manor Farm comes to be named Animal farm, postulating the abilities and strength of animals.https://journals.ysu.am/index.php/arm-fol-angl/article/view/4310ironypersonificationcontexttitle-text correlationmodality |
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| title | Personification as Manifestation of Author’s Ironical Attitude from the Title-Text Correlation Standpoint (in the novel Animal Farm by G. Orwell) |
| title_full | Personification as Manifestation of Author’s Ironical Attitude from the Title-Text Correlation Standpoint (in the novel Animal Farm by G. Orwell) |
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| title_short | Personification as Manifestation of Author’s Ironical Attitude from the Title-Text Correlation Standpoint (in the novel Animal Farm by G. Orwell) |
| title_sort | personification as manifestation of author s ironical attitude from the title text correlation standpoint in the novel animal farm by g orwell |
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