The Style of Daniel Defoe in the Novel "Robinson Crusoe

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the style used by Daniel Defoe in his novel Robinson Crusoe. The study explores the style of writing in Defoe‘s novel through features of style including diction (word choice) and syntactic structures. The researchers have used a descriptive analytical method to find out the elements of style used by the author in the story. The data were collected from different sources such as the original volume of the novel Robinson Crusoe, collections of English literature, books, periodicals, articles, websites established in the internet for the English literature. The findings revealed that the story is written in plain, straightforward, sequentially and lucid colloquial prose. Written in superb style, the language is simple and communicative all through. The study also revealed that the story is characterized by the use of minute details, the form of autobiography or the first person narrator as a narrative technique, the use of a nautical language to add a more depth to the realistic narration. The study concluded with some recommendations in relation to the analysis of the English literature.