Hasan, A. M. M. Mahmudul
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The power of words: Exploring language and communication in English literature Hasan, A. M. M. Mahmudul
Journal of Language, Literature, Social and Cultural Studies Vol. 2 No. 2 (2024): July 2024
Publisher : Yayasan Mitra Persada Nusantara

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58881/jllscs.v2i2.80

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This study explores the role of language and communication in English literature, focusing on how words influence meaning, shape perspectives, and express cultural values. The primary objectives are to analyze the communicative power of language in selected literary works, examining how stylistic and rhetorical devices are employed to evoke emotions, construct identities, and convey ideologies. The study utilizes a qualitative approach, employing textual analysis as the method of data collection. Literary texts, including poems and essays, were analyzed to investigate the interplay between language, discourse, and communication. Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) was applied to assess the socio-cultural and ideological dimensions embedded within these texts. The findings reveal that language in English literature serves as a powerful tool for social influence, resistance, and identity formation. The study concludes that understanding the communicative power of words is essential in deciphering the deeper meanings and societal impacts conveyed through literature.
Love, loss, and existential despair: The fragile relationships in Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian wood Uzma, Sidratul Muntaha; Hasan, A. M. M. Mahmudul; Rouf, Prof. Dr. Md. Abdur
Journal of Language, Literature, Social and Cultural Studies Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025): March 2025
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58881/jllscs.v3i1.320

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Against the backdrop of 1960s Japan, Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian Wood examines the complex dynamics of broken relationships, emotional alienation, and existential crises. This article focuses at how the protagonists in the novel—Toru Watanabe, Naoko, Midori, Reiko, Nagasawa and Hatsumi manage their relationships while confronting personal traumas, identity crises, and meaning seeking in a shattered society. Inspired by existentialist notions from Jean-Paul Sartre, Søren Kierkegaard, Zygmunt Bauman, Albert Camus, and Simone de Beauvoir, this research looks at issues of loneliness, bereavement, ambiguous morality, and emotional paralysis. The study stresses Murakami's use of fractured narrative and retroactive storytelling to show the intricacy of human connection by way of a qualitative literary analysis including textual and character development analysis. Fundamentally, Norwegian Wood presents a remarkable commentary on the existential dilemmas of modern living, in which humans strive between desire and detachment, commitment and freedom, past and present, in an uncaring world.