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Article
Language Features in The Catcher in the Rye
Author(s)
JING Jing
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2015.08.004
Affiliation(s)
Changchun University, Changchun, China
ABSTRACT
The Catcher in the Rye was the first novel by Jerome David Salinger, published in 1951. The book is considered as
one of American literature classics in the 20th century and releases six million copies in various versions in the
world. This paper mainly introduces how Salinger uses the first person technique through the novel, the
anti-tradition language features and it also introduces the usage of stream of consciousness in the novel.
KEYWORDS
the first person technique, language feature, the anti-tradition feature
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