Synecdoche and Metonymy in E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India
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https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1403.11Keywords:
A Passage to India, synecdoche, metonymy, metaphor, narrativeAbstract
Edward Morgan Forster in his masterpiece novel A Passage to India creatively uses synecdoche and metonymy to help him tell his story and develop its themes and characters. In this article, analyzing specific instances of synecdoche and metonymy in the text helps the reader to understand their profound impact and great effect. The article briefly introduces synecdoche and metonymy as literary methods, highlighting their characteristics and use in narratives. Specifically, it examines synecdoche and metonymy in A Passage to India, as devices to analyze many passages and places. The article examines how synecdoche and metonymy convey complex ideas, create vivid imagery, and explain many themes via textual analysis. The article also explores how Forster’s synecdoche and metonymy reflect colonial tensions and power relations in the novel’s sociocultural and historical context. The effects of synecdoche and metonymy on the reader in depth are studied. Forster’s narrative techniques enhance “A Passage to India’s Tale as a research subject. The novel shows various tactics and strategies to demonstrate Forster’s literary competence and complexity.
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