Put simply, the goal of stylistics is to describe the linguistic features of the object of analysis in such a way as to demonstrate their âfunctional significance for the interpretation of the textâ (Wales, 2001: 438). Its relationship to literary theory is a complex one.
One part of this is making sure you do not go swimming or soak your new tattoo in water for at least two weeks and up to four weeks, depending on the rate that your tattoo heals. During the weeks immediately after getting your new tattoo, you should consider it an open wound that needs to heal and seal itself.
If you can bathe while keeping it out of the water (you don't want to keep a new tattoo submersed under water), you can bathe right away. Either way, you definitely want to shower/bathe regularly! I'd never advise anyone to not shower until the scabs went away, that can take a couple of weeks sometimes.