Figurative Language in Layla Al-Atrash’s Nesa’a Ala Al-Mafareq: A Stylistic Analysis

E. Hijazi
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This study aims to analyze Layla Al-Atrash’s Nesa’a Ala Al-Mafareq stylistically to address the issue of an identity crisis and self-alienation by shedding light on the Arabic narrative discourse that is used by Al-Atrash in the selected novel. The stylistic analysis focuses on casting lights on how the five protagonists of the selected novel employed their feminist narrative discourse to represent their suffering and how the old cultural and social values affect their lives. To achieve the aim of the study, the researcher relies on Geffrey Leech's (2006) theory of figurative language to analyze the novel. Accordingly, this study is considered as the first study focusing on analyzing the language used by Al-Atrash linguistically in light of the stylistic analysis of figurative speech such as a simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, and metonymy. The researcher used both qualitative and quantitative approaches with (SPSS) program for statistics. The results showed that Al Atrash succeeded in utilizing her feminist narrative discourse linguistically to introduce the catastrophic situation the woman has in the masculine society. Taking into consideration metonyms with the highest rates (189) indicating the problems that the Arab woman encounters without finding a solution. Although hyperbole (126= 23%) refers to the writer's trial to support the readers with the perfect image of a woman’s life and why she surrenders to reality and accepts the outdated conventions and traditions.
Layla Al-Atrash的《Nesa 'a Ala Al-Mafareq》中的比喻语言:文体分析
本研究旨在分析Layla Al-Atrash的小说《Nesa’a Ala Al-Mafareq》的风格,通过揭示Al-Atrash在小说选集中使用的阿拉伯语叙事话语来解决身份危机和自我异化的问题。文体分析的重点是揭示小说选集中的五位主人公如何运用她们的女权主义叙事话语来表现她们的苦难,以及旧的文化和社会价值观如何影响她们的生活。为了达到研究的目的,研究者依靠杰弗里·里奇(2006)的比喻语言理论来分析小说。因此,本研究被认为是第一个从明喻、隐喻、夸张、拟人、转喻等比喻语言的文体分析入手,从语言学角度分析阿特拉什的语言的研究。研究人员使用定性和定量的方法与(SPSS)程序进行统计。结果表明,阿尔·阿特拉什成功地运用了她的女权主义叙事话语,在语言上介绍了女性在男性社会中的灾难性处境。考虑到比率最高的转喻(189),这表明阿拉伯妇女遇到的问题没有找到解决办法。虽然夸张(126= 23%)是指作者试图用女性生活的完美形象来支持读者,以及她为什么向现实投降,接受过时的习俗和传统。
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