Social Satirical Power of Verbs in Paul Beatty's “The Sellout”: A Stylistic Analysis

Abstract

This study reveals a linguistic stylistic analysis for Paul Beatty’s novel The Sellout through using Leech’s linguistic checklist. The study embodies two chief goals; a linguistic goal that depends on applying Leech’s Linguistic checklist on the entire novel by utilizing its different categories and a literary aim that relies on exposing the issue of racial segregation in the American society between the Whites and the Blacks. The proficiency in a writing style that Beatty displays in his novel is embodied evidently via this study.

Keywords

• leech’s linguistic checklist
• lexical categories
• verbs
• stylistics
• social satire
• racial segregation
• racism
• slavery
• the blacks and the whites in america
• paul beatty