Language, Gender, and Resistance in African American and British Literatures: A Stylistic Study of Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, and Virginia Woolf

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Language acts as both a tool of resistance and empowerment for female authors, challenging patriarchal structures.
Alice Walker and Toni Morrison utilize oral traditions and vernacular speech to reclaim African American women's cultural identity.
Virginia Woolf employs stream-of-consciousness techniques to reveal silences within male-dominated literary traditions.
The study integrates feminist stylistics with discourse analysis, emphasizing language's role in sociopolitical struggles.

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Comparative stylistic analysis reveals language as empowerment tool in African American and British literatures, highlighting women's voices.

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Comparative stylistic analysis reveals language as empowerment tool in African American and British literatures, highlighting women's voices.