This article is devoted to precedent phenomena that are a means of updating the ethnocultural code. The material for the analysis was precedent names, precedent texts, precedent statements and precedent situations, selected by a continuous sampling method from modern British newspaper journalism in the Internet space, accessible to a wide range of readers. The article […]
Gendelev I.D. Correlation between melodic patterns and kinesic means in multimodal discourse
At present, the issues of interaction of several discourse modalities in communication are becoming more relevant for linguistic research. In the article, based on a documentary cross-cultural interview, the interrelation of melodic patterns and kinesic means in the speech of Englishmen and Americans is investigated for the first time. At the intonation level, the change […]
Kartashkova F.I., Morozkina T.V. Gaslighting as viewed from the angle of lingvosemiotics (by example of the film Gas Light, 1944)
The paper is devoted to the analysis of such psychological phenomenon as gaslighting. Verbal means of manipulation leading the victim of gaslighting to emotional instability are analyzed. It is shown that non-verbal ways of manipulation contribute to the victim’s awareness of her inadequacy. Emotional instability of the victim picks up and we can suppose that […]
Starostenko T.E. Linguistic representation of the dynamics of a literary text
The article examines the features of linguistic representation of the dynamics of poetic and prosaic texts by famous Russian and Belarusian writers. The novelty of the study lies in the approach to the universal category of dynamics from the standpoint of communicative stylistics of a literary text, taking into account its anthropocentric essence as an […]
Khusnutdinov A.A., Shishlova I.Yu. Phraseology in “The Captain’s Daughter” by Alexander Pushkin
The article is dedicated to the consideration of the peculiarities of the selection and usage of phraseology in the work of A.S. Pushkin's “The Captain's Daughter”. The study of the phraseological units of individual authors and works is a topical direction for modern phraseology and phraseography. However, a comprehensive description of idioms and set phrases […]
Syryseva D.Yu. Berlin in existential reflection (based on the novel “The House of Paraffin” by Anahit Sagoyan)
The article is devoted to the consideration of the Berlin’s image shown in the novel “House of Paraffin” by the modern Russian-speaking writer Anahit Sagoyan through the prism of existential reflection. The existential principle, manifested in the novel both at the level of macropoetics (complication of composition) and at the level of micropoetics (motives of […]
Khvartskiya L.D. Pataphysics techniques by Alfred Jarry in the play “The King of Ubu”
The article examines the artistic features of the work of the great French experimental playwright, author of the famous shocking play “King Ubu”. Having chosen the poetics of puppet theater as a basis, using an updated artistic language and the universality of acting, the premiere of “King Ubu” marked the beginning of a new stage […]
Fedorova V.G. The problem of a complete and selective analysis of a literary work by dominants
The article considers the problem of a complete and selective analysis of a literary work by dominants, the relevance of which is determined by the needs of modern literary criticism. Based on the research of A.B. Yesin, the question is raised about the establishment of the dominants of a literary work, i.e. those artistic means […]
Ivanov E.E. The naivism of violent death in F.M. Dostoevsky's novel “The Idiot”
The subject of reflection in the article was the author's non-obvious ideological position, the extraordinary genre structure of the heroic sphere, the strong position of the title of the work and some points of context. Dostoevsky's novel “The Idiot” is considered as a kind of artistic rebus, the solution of which leads to an understanding […]