JOSUGA: JOS JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES

This research makes a comparative stylistic analysis of two literary texts —Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and David Herbert Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers. The study describes lexical and grammatical categories in the texts. The research employs Leech and Short’s (2007) checklist of linguistic and stylistic categories. The analysis reveals that Conrad and Lawrence operate different Linguistic styles in their writing. In Sons and Lovers, Lawrence makes use of metaphoric language, dialects. narrative conjunction, a series of questions for stylistic effects, though each for a different purpose. Also, Lawrence makes a subtle and effective use of a complex range of vocabulary. while Conrad's prose is bespattered here and there with some foreign lexical items, which consciously or unconsciously add to the texture of his style, a close investigation shows the prominent place he occupies in the English linguistic and literary tradition. The three main formative linguistic elements of Conrad's prose are English, French, and Polish. the writer employs narrative conjunctions, a series of questions for stylistic effects, though each for a different purpose. Resources of language are an essential part of the meaning of the novel, making the interpretation of it more precise and leading to a better understanding of the text. 

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