STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF KAMILA SHAMSIE’S SALT AND SAFFRON

Abstract

Stylistics can be defined as the critical approach used for the analysis of literary texts by application of techniques and findings used in the Linguistics. This investigation aims to analyze and understand the novel, Salt and Saffron by Kamila Shamsie stylistically. The investigation is done at two linguistic dimensions, Lexical and Grammatical. It inspects into the stylistic devices utilized by the writer, Kamila Shamsie to express her ideas effectively to his readers. Further, the model that is being applied for stylistic analysis, proposed by Leech and Short (2007). The point of discussion is the way writer has included the literary devices and use of sentences at grammatical and lexical level. A careful investigation of the selected parts of the novel has conveyed various regular lexical and linguistic examples that create an impact for which they are utilized. We have observed a wide use of parts of speech including common nouns, attributive, evaluative or referential adjectives, dynamic verbs, explanatory sentences, independent clause and verb modifier moreover, few literary devices in the selected novel.