Stylistic And Structural Analysis of a Short Story “The Good Country People” Written by Flannery O’Connor

Abstract

This study focused on stylistic and structural analysis of a story “The Good country people” written by Flannery O’ Connor. The researchers have investigated the figurative language and structure of the text used in the short story. The mixed method has been used for the data analysis. The data has been analyzed qualitatively as well as quantitatively. Theoretical frameworks for data analysis have been developed using a range of stylistic and figurative approaches recommended by Leech and Short (2007), Simpson (2004), and Natural Language Processing (NLP). The researchers found figurative language in the short story such as simile, Metaphor, Irony, Verbal Irony, Hyperbole, Allusion, Personification, Imagery, Litotes, Symbolism, and vivid Descriptions. The researchers have also found some structural elements, Direct Speech, fragmented sentences, repetitions, interjections and exclamations, and short impactful sentences, Parallelism, descriptive vocabulary, regional vocabulary and dialectal vocabulary, biblical and religious vocabulary, academic and emotional vocabulary, and sensory languages.