Abstract:
The primary focus and interest of stylistics has been the analysis of style in
any instance of language use, it examines both oral discourse and written
text in order to ascertain the form and effect of choices and to determine
essential linguistic properties, structures and patterns influencing
perception of oral and textual discourses. This research work provides a
literary stylistic analysis of LaboYari’s
A Day Without Cockcrow.
As a way
in which literary appreciation is being
made, the major aspects investigated
include: the writer’s use of language, stylistic devices, narrative techniques
and figurative expressions. These formed the basis of analysis in the course
of the study.
