A Stylistic Analysis of Nadeem Aslam’s The Golden Legend: An Analytical Study

Abstract

This study aims to analyze stylistic elements in the text of The Golden Legend by Nadeem Aslam (2017) with the perspective of linguistic patterns, blending of themes and textual representation. This investigation identifies literary and linguistic elements like the author’s usage of literary devices and linguistic forms and patterns. The researcher examines the narrative techniques of the text with close reading technique. The study is qualitative in nature. Words quality with its functional use and contextual expression have been analyzed.  The author’s representation of different ideas, collection of words in sequential order identify the unique quality of the text. The study has conducted following the theoretical framework of Geoffrey Leech and Mick Short (2007) who has specific Model for analyzing the text with reference to its literary and linguistic pattern.