تحليل أسلوبي نقدي للتطرف في رواية “العميل السري” لكونراد

Rp-A Critical Stylistic Analysis of Extremism in the Conrad’s "Secret Agent".pd

The term extremism refers to a type of conflict that is created by two parties, each of whom is attempting to advocate a different viewpoint. The study emphasizes on the concept of extremism as it appears in “Secret Agent” by Joseph Conrad. Despite the fact that numerous critical stylistic investigations have been conducted by different researchers, the selected novel has not been investigated from a critical stylistic viewpoint. Thus, the purpose of this work is to fill that gap.
Therefore, this study examines the critical stylistic tools used in the novel to interpolate extremism, identify frequent ideologies, and demonstrate how these tools shape the writer’s ideology. To accomplish the aim of the current study, Jeffries’ analytical tools (2010) of critical stylistic analysis is adopted to detect which critical stylistic tools are employed to reflect extremist ideology.
The results of the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the data confirms that all ten textual-conceptual functions are used in the selected novel, with some tools more frequently used.
The main conclusions of the study are: 1.Conrad critiques extreme ideologies through cynicism and nihilism, portraying extremists as complex individuals with their own goals and contradictions, prompting critical consideration of their nature and motivations. 2. Conrad critiques societal issues like fanaticism and political system shortcomings, highlighting how societal injustices and corruption can fuel extreme ideologies, avoiding specific condemnation. 3. Conrad employs irony and satire to highlight the characters’ foolishness in extremist acts, using symbolic language to highlight the destructiveness and futility of such behavior