Traversing the speech and thought presentation features of Merlinda Bobis’s “The Sadness Collector”
This study aims to describe the effects of stylistic features in extrapolating the meaning and sociocultural realm of Merlinda Bobis’s short story, “The Sadness Collector.” The story’s theme, the breakdown of a family brought about by migration, is effectively and creatively achieved through the aut...
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Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Letters, University of Santo Tomas
2013-10-01
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| description | This study aims to describe the effects of stylistic features in extrapolating the meaning and sociocultural realm of Merlinda Bobis’s short story, “The Sadness Collector.” The story’s theme, the breakdown of a family brought about by migration, is effectively and creatively achieved through the author’s stylistic speech and thought presentation techniques. The sociocultural actuality reflected in the story points out the miserable plight of the Philippines, having developed a “culture of migration” as a leading labor exporter, and the turmoil of Filipino families experiencing the downside of migration. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d67487f3f83b4e8ba0fd76537d82fa602022-12-22T02:54:23ZengDepartment of English, Faculty of Arts and Letters, University of Santo TomasAsian Journal of English Language Studies (AJELS)2619-72192013-10-0113560Traversing the speech and thought presentation features of Merlinda Bobis’s “The Sadness Collector”Rachelle B. Lintao0University of Santo Tomas, Manila, the PhilippinesThis study aims to describe the effects of stylistic features in extrapolating the meaning and sociocultural realm of Merlinda Bobis’s short story, “The Sadness Collector.” The story’s theme, the breakdown of a family brought about by migration, is effectively and creatively achieved through the author’s stylistic speech and thought presentation techniques. The sociocultural actuality reflected in the story points out the miserable plight of the Philippines, having developed a “culture of migration” as a leading labor exporter, and the turmoil of Filipino families experiencing the downside of migration.https://ajels.ust.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/3-Traversing-the-speech-and-thought-presentation-features-of-Merlinda-Bobis%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9CThe-Sadness-Collector%E2%80%9D.pdfstylisticsnarrativespeech and thought presentationfree indirect discourse |
| spellingShingle | Rachelle B. Lintao Traversing the speech and thought presentation features of Merlinda Bobis’s “The Sadness Collector” Asian Journal of English Language Studies (AJELS) stylistics narrative speech and thought presentation free indirect discourse |
| title | Traversing the speech and thought presentation features of Merlinda Bobis’s “The Sadness Collector” |
| title_full | Traversing the speech and thought presentation features of Merlinda Bobis’s “The Sadness Collector” |
| title_fullStr | Traversing the speech and thought presentation features of Merlinda Bobis’s “The Sadness Collector” |
| title_full_unstemmed | Traversing the speech and thought presentation features of Merlinda Bobis’s “The Sadness Collector” |
| title_short | Traversing the speech and thought presentation features of Merlinda Bobis’s “The Sadness Collector” |
| title_sort | traversing the speech and thought presentation features of merlinda bobis s the sadness collector |
| topic | stylistics narrative speech and thought presentation free indirect discourse |
| url | https://ajels.ust.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/3-Traversing-the-speech-and-thought-presentation-features-of-Merlinda-Bobis%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9CThe-Sadness-Collector%E2%80%9D.pdf |
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