জ্যোতিপ্ৰসাদ আগৰৱালাৰ ৰচনাৰ সূচক শব্দঃ এক শৈলীবৈজ্ঞানিক অধ্যয়ন

Dr. Sabanika Baruah

The 20th century witnessed the emergence of stylistics as a distinct academic discipline, situated

at the intersection of linguistics and literary criticism. The primary objective of stylistics is to

uncover the intended meaning and aesthetic value embedded in literary texts by analyzing

linguistic elements such as sound, word choice, and sentence structure. These elements, and their

application and distribution, help determine a writer’s unique style. While discussions on style

date back to ancient and medieval European literature—initially as a branch of rhetoric—

thinkers like Plato and Aristotle contributed significantly to early stylistic thought. In the modern

era, especially during the Romantic period and the 20th century, scholars like Charles Bally, a

student of Saussure, along with critics such as Richards, Eliot, and Leavis, established stylistics

as a linguistic and literary method of analysis. A crucial aspect of stylistic analysis is lexical

context, which reveals deeper meanings hidden in specific word choices. This paper explores

such stylistic elements in the works of Jyotiprasad Agarwala, a revered figure in Assamese

literature. Words like jyoti, alok, shilpi, and sundar, serve as key indicators of his philosophical

and personal identity, reflecting his creative ethos across various literary forms.

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