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- Title
Figurative Language in the Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran: An Analysis of Language Style as Stylistic Effect.
- Authors
Tira Nur Fitria
- Abstract
The objective of this research is to find out the figurative languages in Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran. This research is descriptive qualitative. The data was taken from Kahlil Gibran's novel entitled "The Broken Wings". The result analysis shows that there are several types of figurative language in "The Broken Wings" by Kahlil Gibran. 292 data contain figurative language in 8 types of figurative language including simile, personification, metaphor, synecdoche, hyperbole, paradox, symbol, and proverb. In a simile, there are 128 data (43.8 %). In personification, there are 34 data (11.6 %). In metaphor, there are 33 data (11.3 %). In synecdoche, there are 30 data (10.3 %). In hyperbole, there are 25 data (8.6 %). In a paradox, there are 22 data (7.5 %). In symbol, there are 13 data (4.5 %). In the proverb, there are 7 data (2.4 %). It shows that the most dominant type of figurative language in "The Broken Wings" by Kahlil Gibran is simile as 128 data or 43.8 %. The novel Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran is a romantic literary novel that tells the fate of Gibran's love story for a Lebanese girl named Selma Karamy. The style of language used by the author in this novel is very distinctive. The author provides proof that his love story wrapped in romance is written in beautiful and interesting language for the readers.
- Subjects
FIGURES of speech; LANGUAGE & languages; HYPERBOLE; PROVERBS; DATA analysis
- Publication
NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, & Culture, 2022, Vol 4, Issue 2, p105
- ISSN
2655-5905
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.12928/notion.v4i2.5798