A Comparative Stylistic Analysis of Anne Hunter's 'Winter' and Charles Simic's 'Against Winter': Pedagogical Implications for EFL Students

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  • Author(s): Othman Khalid Al-Shboul (ORCID Othman Khalid Al-Shboul (ORCID 0000-0002-6270-5909); Nisreen Naji Al-Khawaldeh (ORCID Nisreen Naji Al-Khawaldeh (ORCID 0000-0002-1562-7071); Hady J. Hamdan (ORCID Hady J. Hamdan (ORCID 0000-0003-0146-511X); Sami Al-Khawldeh (ORCID Sami Al-Khawldeh (ORCID 0000-0003-4649-0474)
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics. 2023 9(3):63-72.
  • Publication Date:
    2023
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Information Analyses
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics. Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Anafartalar Campus Faculty of Education Department of Foreign Language Education, Canakkale 07100, Turkey. e-mail: [email protected]; Website: https://ejal.info/
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      10
    • Subject Terms:
      Authors; Poets; Poetry; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Language Styles; Comparative Analysis; Weather; Teaching Methods
    • ISSN:
      2149-1135
    • Abstract:
      This paper examined two poems: 'Winter' by Anne Hunter and 'Against Winter' by Charles Simic from a stylistic perspective. It conducted a stylistic analysis to elucidate how the poets' intended meanings are constructed in an effective manner through the principles of 'foregrounding': linguistic deviation, linguistic parallelism, and informality, in ways that reflect these poets' distinctive style. This study argues that informality is complementary to the other principles; that is, while linguistic deviation and parallelism contribute to content, informality contributes to form (how content is delivered). Altogether they create the poet's distinct style. In spite of enormous stylistic analysis studies, there is a dearth of research that has conducted a comparative stylistic analysis of poems sharing the same perspectives. Employing a qualitative approach, the two poems were compared with regard to how each poet described the winter, and thus how linguistic tools were used to construct messages about this season. The analysis enhances students' literary awareness of stylistic analysis as an effective tool to better understand texts and write with their style. The study concluded with important pedagogical implications.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2024
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1414603