ANIMAL SYMBOLISM AS A MARKER OF APPALACHIAN CULTURAL IDENTITY IN “GIVE CHARLIE A LITTLE TIME” BY JESSE STUART

Authors

  • Gaybullayeva Vazira Shokirovna PhD student, Foreign Language and Social Sciences Department, Asia International University

Keywords:

Jesse Stuart, Appalachian culture, animal symbolism, linguocultural analysis, rural identity, short story, cultural markers.

Abstract

This article explores animal symbolism as a key linguistic and cultural mechanism through which Appalachian identity is constructed in Jesse Stuart’s short story “Give Charlie a Little Time.” Focusing primarily on the figure of Charlie the bull, the study examines how animal imagery and animal-related lexical choices function as cultural markers encoding rural values, masculinity, authority, and communal ethics. Drawing on linguocultural theory, material culture studies, and literary semiotics, the analysis demonstrates that animals in the story are not merely elements of rural setting but symbolic agents that articulate the Appalachian worldview. The findings reveal that animal symbolism operates as a culturally embedded language through which social order, natural hierarchy, and collective identity are negotiated and affirmed.

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Published

2026-01-07

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Gaybullayeva Vazira Shokirovna. (2026). ANIMAL SYMBOLISM AS A MARKER OF APPALACHIAN CULTURAL IDENTITY IN “GIVE CHARLIE A LITTLE TIME” BY JESSE STUART. Journal of Applied Science and Social Science, 16(01), 66–69. Retrieved from https://www.internationaljournal.co.in/index.php/jasass/article/view/2889

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Vol. 16 No. 01 (2026): Volume 16 Issue 01

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