STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE SHORT STORY ‘CALL IT A SUNSHINE?’ BY HAMID KHAN

Abstract

This research aims at analyzing Hamid Khan’s short story ‘Call it a Sunshine?’ from the perspective of stylistics. Stylistic tools such as lexical, grammatical and phonological schemes are focused during the analysis of the story following Leech and Short’s (2007) checklist of linguistic and stylistic categories. The story is unique in the sense that it does not give names to the two characters; the narrator and the person whom the story revolves. In this regard, it deviates from normal story structure which foregrounds that it is every body’s story on the planet. The selected short story is suitable for conducting a stylistic analysis because the creator has used a lot of linguistic choices which indicate his dexterity and decorum of style. Lastly, the paper is based on the objective of attracting the attention of budding researchers to analyze and critically appreciate local writers as local voices depict their society and issues.