The Stylistic Features of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man from the Perspective of Corpus Stylistics

Yueyang Zhang

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The Stylistic Features of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man from the Perspective of Corpus Stylistics

Yueyang Zhang *^,1,

¹ China University of Geosciences

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7064/10/20231210

Abstract

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man was Irish writer James Joyce’s first published novel. The novel tells the story of the protagonist Stephen grow from a little child to an artist. Although Joyce uses third-person narration in the novel, he describes the surrounding society from Stephen’s point of view everywhere. When Stephen grew up, his thoughts gradually matured, and he gradually changed from obedience to rebellion. The stylistic features of the novel also changed a lot in this process. Corpus stylistics is a scientific stylistic research method which combines qualitative research with quantitative research. With the support of corpus stylistics, the author studies and analyzes the stylistic changes in the novels during Stephen’s childhood, adolescence and youth, and explains the causes of the corresponding characteristics. Through profound analysis, the author finally draws the conclusion: With the growth of the protagonist, the vocabulary of the novel becomes increasingly difficult and rich, the use of sentence grammar gradually becomes mature, and the difficulty of the text gradually increases. The style of the novel is closely related to the growth of the characters and the theme of each stage.

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a portrait of the artist as a young man, James Joyce, corpus stylistics

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Zhang,Y. (2023). The Stylistic Features of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man from the Perspective of Corpus Stylistics. Communications in Humanities Research,10,7-12.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Educational Innovation and Philosophical Inquiries

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ISBN：978-1-83558-043-1(Print) / 978-1-83558-044-8(Online)

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Editor：Enrique Mallen, Javier Cifuentes-Faura

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