A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF “HOW TO BE AN OTHER WOMAN” BY LOORIE MOORE
A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF “HOW TO BE AN OTHER WOMAN” BY LOORIE MOORE

Summary/Abstract: Stylistic studies aim to move literary criticism beyond interpretation for literary texts. To reach this goal, it serves a wide range of linguistic data under stylistic categorizations to provide a scientific sight to text readings. Thus, it is clearly understood that the effort stylistics is to set forth that linguistics and literature are indivisible parts. Preparing concrete basements for literary criticism, stylistic studies reveal fingerprints of an author that makes the author unique and original. In this study, the short story “How to be an Other Woman” written by the contemporary American author Lorrie Moore is selected to be analysed from the stylistic point of view under the categorizations of lexical category, grammatical category, figures of speech and narration to go to show what makes Moore a remarkable short story author.

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