LONG NARRATIVE POETRY AS A LYRIC AND NARRATIVE HYBRID FORM: A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF DAVID JONES' IN PARENTHESIS

Abstract

This study presents a stylistic analysis of David Jones' long narrative poem In Parenthesis in order to find out and discuss the prominent stylistic features that contribute to the hybrid nature of the poem. In Parenthesis embodies the stylistic features associated with lyric, narrative and drama. Stylistic reading of the poem proposes that the generic hybridity of the poem is supported by the style variations, graphological deviations and other internal deviations that foreground the generic and stylistic varieties in the text. Stylistic analysis of the poem is important so as to define the long narrative poetry as a hybrid form.

Keywords

• In Parenthesis,David Jones,Long Narrative Poem,Stylistics,Stylistic Analysis

LONG NARRATIVE POETRY AS A LYRIC AND NARRATIVE HYBRID FORM: A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF DAVID JONES' IN PARENTHESIS

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı David Jones'un In Parenthesis adlı şiirinin biçemsel bir incelemesini yaparak şiirin melez yapısına katkıda bulunan önemli biçemsel öğeleri bulmak ve tartışmaktır. In Parenthesis, lirik şiir, anlatı türleri ve oyun türlerine özgü biçemsel özellikler göstermektedir. Şiirin biçemsel incelemesi göstermiştir ki metin içindeki biçemsel değişkenler, grafolojik sapmalar ve diğer metin içi sapmalar şiirdeki biçemsel melezliğe katkıda bulunmaktadır.Şiirin biçemsel incelemesi uzun anlatı şiirinin melez bir tür olarak tanımının yapılması için önem arz etmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• In Parenthesis,David Jones,Uzun Anlatı Şiiri,Biçembilim,Biçemsel Analiz

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