Metaphors and Similes in Peter Lerangis' Novel The Curse of the King

Abstract

This study aims to reveal the writing style in the novel The Curse of the King by Peter Lerangis, especially in its figurative speech namely metaphor and simile. The classification of metaphors analyzed uses Newmark's classification and the simile classification used in this study is the classification described by Fromilhague. A qualitative method was used to answer the problem of the study. The research showed that there were thirteen metaphors and fifty-two similes. The metaphor compositions found were one Dead Metaphor, two Recent Metaphors, Three Stock metaphors, seven Original Metaphors, and no Cliche Metaphors. The similes found were five Explicit Similes and forty-seven Implicit Similes. Metaphors and similes in the novel use many popular references such as the words of Donald Trump, party guest, Children of the Corn, Velcro, Ninja, props in a movie, Soprano, Pizza, Flashmob, a dancer on steroids, Looney Tunes, and ET. The combination of past history with a writing style that uses popular figures of speech becomes an interesting mix that makes the novel gain many fans in the world. The novelty of this type of research is still very broad, especially in research on new words in historical fiction such as in the work of Peter Lerangis.

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“…The words and phrases from the novel that were selected and created as a component of qualitative data-collection process for this study in order to evaluate or comprehend phenomena serve as the study's primary source of information (Flick, 2018). Finding sentences and phrases that match the formulation of the problem is the intention of the data collection strategy used in this study (Bowo et al, 2022). In this case, we looked for the data containing similes that normally use the linking words "like" or "as" in phrases and sentences.…”

“…On the other hand, a number of studies' findings indicate that implicit similes are more frequently discovered than explicit similes in their chosen novel studies. For instance, in their analysis of metaphors and similes in Peter Lerangis' novel, The Curse of the King, Bowo et al (2022) discovered 47 implicit similes and only 5 explicit similes. Similarly, in a case study of "Animal Farm" by Fadaee (2010), the study of symbols, metaphors, and similes in the literature revealed that the author used implicit similes more frequently than explicit similes (84.85% versus 15.15%, respectively).…”

“…Hamdi, 2023) further highlight the imaginative efforts and richness of language in literary works. Stylistics, a field that analyses the style of literary works through linguistic analysis, is employed to examine the language components in literature (Bowo et al, 2022).…”