An ecostylistic analysis of selected extracts from Michael Punke’s novel The Revenant
This article presents an ecostylistic analysis of selected extracts from Michael Punke’s novel The Revenant (2002). The aims of the study are achieved in terms of an eclectic methodological framework. The study aims at revealing the power hierarchy created in the selected texts between human and non...
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| description | This article presents an ecostylistic analysis of selected extracts from Michael Punke’s novel The Revenant (2002). The aims of the study are achieved in terms of an eclectic methodological framework. The study aims at revealing the power hierarchy created in the selected texts between human and non-human participants. Also, it aims to show how the elements of nature affect the survival of humans in the fictional context by identifying the ecostylistic features in the literary text. A close ecostylistic reading of six selected extracts from the novel using Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) tools (Halliday & Matthiessen, 2014[1985]) and Zurru’s (2017) approach is followed. Moreover, the study presents a qualitative investigation of stylistic elements such as foregrounded features and deviated language patterns. Thus, conducting an ecostylistic analysis of the chosen passages, and, demonstrating how the author portrays the environment with all its elements as an effective participant helps to appreciate nature. The findings show that nature acts as the main character’s savior and a threat to his life; it also demonstrates how nature works as a powerful active participant in portraying the events of the novel. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4aa878f9f4e94f1b837f37a8848742852024-06-27T15:04:48ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Arts & Humanities2331-19832023-12-0110110.1080/23311983.2023.2244209An ecostylistic analysis of selected extracts from Michael Punke’s novel The RevenantZahraa Adnan Mohamed0Eman Adil Jaafar1Department of English, College of Education for Women, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, IraqDepartment of English, College of Education for Women, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, IraqThis article presents an ecostylistic analysis of selected extracts from Michael Punke’s novel The Revenant (2002). The aims of the study are achieved in terms of an eclectic methodological framework. The study aims at revealing the power hierarchy created in the selected texts between human and non-human participants. Also, it aims to show how the elements of nature affect the survival of humans in the fictional context by identifying the ecostylistic features in the literary text. A close ecostylistic reading of six selected extracts from the novel using Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) tools (Halliday & Matthiessen, 2014[1985]) and Zurru’s (2017) approach is followed. Moreover, the study presents a qualitative investigation of stylistic elements such as foregrounded features and deviated language patterns. Thus, conducting an ecostylistic analysis of the chosen passages, and, demonstrating how the author portrays the environment with all its elements as an effective participant helps to appreciate nature. The findings show that nature acts as the main character’s savior and a threat to his life; it also demonstrates how nature works as a powerful active participant in portraying the events of the novel.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2023.2244209ecostylisticsfictionforegroundingSFGstylistics analysistransitivity processes |
| spellingShingle | Zahraa Adnan Mohamed Eman Adil Jaafar An ecostylistic analysis of selected extracts from Michael Punke’s novel The Revenant Cogent Arts & Humanities ecostylistics fiction foregrounding SFG stylistics analysis transitivity processes |
| title | An ecostylistic analysis of selected extracts from Michael Punke’s novel The Revenant |
| title_full | An ecostylistic analysis of selected extracts from Michael Punke’s novel The Revenant |
| title_fullStr | An ecostylistic analysis of selected extracts from Michael Punke’s novel The Revenant |
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| title_short | An ecostylistic analysis of selected extracts from Michael Punke’s novel The Revenant |
| title_sort | ecostylistic analysis of selected extracts from michael punke s novel the revenant |
| topic | ecostylistics fiction foregrounding SFG stylistics analysis transitivity processes |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2023.2244209 |
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