Great Expectations by Charles Dickens -Writing Style Analysis

In this paper, we would assess the effect of summarizing, interpreting, paraphrasing and translating the original works of an author, on the originality of the work. Every language has different, beautiful words and literary devices in them. Therefore, a second version of the original content destroys the beauty of the prose that the author originally conceives and translates. This is because the arresting words intriguing sentences and eloquent metaphors which are originally used are lost. When a writer pens down his thoughts on paper, he tires to express his feelings and ideas in the most genuine manner. For this, language plays a very important role in bringing out the true beauty of the write-up. In this paper, we would assess “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens. In the analysis that follows, we would throw light on the different literary devices that the author has used in the novel. We will assess how he has attractively penned down his thoughts to convey his exact impressions. When an author's original work is translated into another language, the beauty is lost. Similarly, when someone else tries to paraphrase the original writings, the true essence of the write-up that the author initially conjectures and carefully arranges on paper is destroyed. This paper would assess the style of writing which Charles Dickens has adopted in this novel. We would lay special emphasis on the first chapter, followed by a brief overview of the style which the author has maintained throughout the novel.

Charles Dickens' Novel Great Expectations is one of the best novels from the author. It is the first chapter of the novel which we are going to consider in this paper in order to analyze his style of writing. The first chapter of the novel starts with the character Pip who is the narrator of the story. Dickens makes the character introduce him and describe the boy's image as a helpless chap who is standing in a churchyard near some marshes. The boy came to the churchyard to visit his parents' grave. Dickens excellently describes the scene of the churchyard in the following words,

“ …The dark flat expanse of land that lay beyond the cemetery, which abounded of dams, embankments and doors and in which dispersing the cattle to graze, were the marshes, that leaden line beyond there was a lot was the river, that the distant savage lair from which the wind was blowing out the sea, and that the small bundle of nerves was afraid of everything and began to mourn was Pip.”

Here, Dickens portrays his narrative dichotomy -description from the literature in terms of narration, description visual, psychological description, qualification and designation for its proper application to audiovisual speech. This is divided into three layers: the plane, the phrase and discourse and is different in each of them. The nature of the segment, determined by the type of relationship that is established between the component elements of the regime or role it plays in the fragment ...