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#91, Research Paper: Stylistic Analysis of Josef Essberger’s ‘The Winepress’ by Shyam Ji

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Post published:June 25, 2011
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ELTWeekly Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue#91 | June 27, 2011

The aim of this paper is to analyze the syntactic and stylistic features of Josef Essberger’s short story The Winepress. Theory followed to study the features of language in this story is the theory as propounded by Leech et al.(1981). The paper first of all gives a brief introduction to the author, a brief account of the story, and then it presents an overview of stylistics and the tools to be applied in the analysis. On the basis of the proposed theory a comprehensive analysis of the story in terms of Lexis, Grammar, Figures of Speech, Context and Cohesion is to be carried out. Finally it summarizes the analysis, discusses the limitations of the research and also scope for further research. This paper is not written with a view to depict an overall picture of the writing style of Josef Essberger as a writer, for even those text linguists as eminent as Geoffrey N. Leech and Michael H .Short (1981) maintain that it is difficult to generalize about the style of an author. The main objective of this paper is, therefore, to find out the artistic beauty of the story through the writer’s choice of language. (more…)

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Post published:June 19, 2011
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ELTWeekly Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue#90 | June 20, 2011 Research Paper: ‘An Account of Sources of Errors in Language Learners’ Interlanguage’ by Majid Ghelichi Video of the week: Teaching Grammar…

#90, Research Article: ‘Using Fiction (Novel) To Improve The Sentence Structure Of Graduate Level Students (Esl/Efl Learners)’ by Shabnum Iftikhar

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Post published:June 16, 2011
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ELTWeekly Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue#90 | June 20, 2011

Introduction

This research article aims at emphasizing the use of fiction (novel) as a resource to improve the sentence structure of students. Sentence structure is also called “Syntax”. In the dictionary definition, syntax is a grammatical arrangement of words in sentences, but in a broader sense, the structure of a sentence is a unifying relation also. The words combined with one another must form a cohesive relation in a sentence. In order to write with correct sentence structure, a deep knowledge of grammatical aspects and a clear understanding of syntactic cohesion are indispensable. In recent years, the role of different genres of literature as a basic component and source of authentic texts of the language has gained currency to a great extent. There has been a continued debate on this issue as to how, when, where and why fiction should be incorporated in the ESL/EFL curriculum. This research by providing a pragmatic approach explores various strategies of using fiction to teach grammar/syntax in the language class.

The novel has a great capacity to catch the attention of the reader due to its story-telling method and its linguistically rich environment helps learners in acquiring competency in different areas of language. So far as the sentence structure is concerned, novel can be proved a powerful pedagogical tool in relation to the target language. Novels provide real life-like settings and characters and characters speak to each other, therefore, variety and versatility of sentence structures are copiously found in novels. (more…)