College of Education for Human Science/ University of Kerbala has discussed the M.A thesis which is entitled ” the concept of contradiction in The Scarlet Letter: A Critical Discourse Analysis. It is submitted by Ayat Saad Abdel Ameer.
The study provides a critical analysis in “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, focusing on concept of contradiction.
The study aims at examining power dynamics, ideological assumptions, and social criticism present in the novel through analysis of linguistic features, types of transitivity, speech acts, and their semiotic categories.
The study shows how Hawthorne cleverly uses language and literary devices to create contrasts that reveal power dynamics, ideological assumptions, and social criticism in Puritan society.
