A Functional Stylistic Analysis of “Do not Go Gentle into That Good Night”

Authors

  • Haidong Ma School of Foreign Languages, Shandong University of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30564/ret.v3i3.1890

Abstract

As two main approaches to analyzing literary discourses, literary criticism and stylistic analysis have been employed for a long period of time. With the application of the theories of Functional Grammar, this paper is written for the purpose of being helpful for the readers of Dylan Thomas’ poem “Do not Go Gentle into That Good Night” to understand the poem’s theme better as well as appreciate the artistic adaptation of language. Furthermore, because the poem is analyzed with the application of Functional Grammar, it helps the readers to appreciate “Do not Go Gentle into That Good Night” from a new perspective.

Keywords:

Stylistics; Functional stylistic analysis; Context

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Vol. 3 , Iss. 3 (July 2020)

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