Antithesis “Life – Death” in the Novel by John Braine “Room at the Top”

Yuliya Alexandrovna Kutsevich; Elena Evgenievna Markadeeva

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Antithesis “Life – Death” in the Novel by John Braine “Room at the Top”

Yuliya Alexandrovna Kutsevich, Elena Evgenievna Markadeeva

Published in English Language, Literature & Culture (Volume 2, Issue 6)

Received: 24 September 2017 Accepted: 18 October 2017 Published: 22 November 2017

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The article studies the images of two towns, Warley and Dufton, in the famous novel by John Braine “Room at the Top” (1957). The authors of the article compare the images in question and find out the stylistic devices (metaphor, detachment, alliteration, polysyndeton, etc) that enabled John Braine to create two opposite literary images related to each other through the antithesis “life − death”, in which, in the hero’s view, the notion of life is associated with Warley, whereas the notion of death is implied by Dufton.

Published in	English Language, Literature & Culture (Volume 2, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ellc.20170206.11
Page(s)	94-98
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Stylistic Device, John Braine, Room at the Top, Literary Image, Antithesis “Life − Death”

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Yuliya Alexandrovna Kutsevich, Elena Evgenievna Markadeeva. Antithesis “Life – Death” in the Novel by John Braine “Room at the Top”. Engl Lang Lit Cult. 2017;2(6):94-98. doi: 10.11648/j.ellc.20170206.11

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Yuliya Alexandrovna Kutsevich

Philological Department, Smolensk State University, Smolensk, Russia
Elena Evgenievna Markadeeva

Philological Department, Smolensk State University, Smolensk, Russia

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