জ্যোতিপ্ৰসাদ আগৰৱালাৰ ৰচনাৰ সূচক শব্দঃ এক শৈলীবৈজ্ঞানিক অধ্যয়ন

The 20th century witnessed the emergence of stylistics as a distinct academic discipline, situated at the intersection of linguistics and literary criticism. The primary objective of stylistics is to uncover the intended meaning and aesthetic value embedded in literary texts by analyzing linguistic elements such as sound, word choice, and sentence structure. These elements, and their application and distribution, help determine a writer’s unique style. While discussions on style date back to ancient and medieval European literature—initially as a branch of rhetoric— thinkers like Plato and Aristotle contributed significantly to early stylistic thought. In the modern era, especially during the Romantic period and the 20th century, scholars like Charles Bally, a student of Saussure, along with critics such as Richards, Eliot, and Leavis, established stylistics as a linguistic and literary method of analysis. A crucial aspect of stylistic analysis is lexical context, which reveals deeper meanings hidden in specific word choices. This paper explores such stylistic elements in the works of Jyotiprasad Agarwala, a revered figure in Assamese literature. Words like jyoti, alok, shilpi, and sundar, serve as key indicators of his philosophical and personal identity, reflecting his creative ethos across various literary forms.