Stylistic analysis of sarcasm in some selected extracts of schoolteacher in Morrison’s beloved

Rusul Abdel Kareem Atu; Abbas Lutfi Hussein; Nadia Majeed Hussein

doi:10.21744/lingcure.v6nS2.1888

Authors

Rusul Abdel Kareem Atu
smmerlyu65@gmail.com
University of Misan, College of Education for Human Sciences, Iraq
Abbas Lutfi Hussein Mutansiriyah University, College of Arts, Iraq
Nadia Majeed Hussein Middle Technical University, Technical instructors Training Institute, Iraq

Keywords:

beloved, sarcasm, schoolteacher, stylistics, Toni Morrison

Abstract

Sarcasm is a manipulative concept which can be utilized in different forms and different senses to express different intentions. Toni Morrison makes full use of linguistic and figurative tools to express her sarcastic events and situations. Thus, this paper investigates the stylistic use of sarcasm in some selected extracts of Schoolteacher in Morrison’s ‘Beloved’ , focusing on the purposes behind the use of sarcasm in this novel. Five extracts are selected to be stylistically analyzed in terms of Leech and Short’s (2007) model. The paper concludes that Morrison utilizes lexical, grammatical and figurative devices to depict the schoolteacher’s sarcastic views and events concerning slaving black people.

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