Analysis of linguistic and stylistic features of the english postmodern novel
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17308/lic.2020.1/2734Keywords:
linguostylistic features, postmodernism, postmodern novel, I. McEwen, consciousness, text, interparadigm thinkingAbstract
The term «postmodernism» has recently acquired new connotations in connection with the increased interest in this phenomenon. There are several reasons for this interest. Firstly, the influence of postmodernism on the language system and consciousness plays a key role in shaping the picture of the world, and secondly, postmodernism is characterized by the union of cultural codes and texts of different eras, which allows to expand previously outdated ideas about the world. No less important factor is the change of traditional concepts of integrity, completeness, structure of the text and a new view on the formation of criteria and norms of the text. These factors occupy a central position in postmodernism and create an unsystematic representation of the literary direction. This article is devoted to the analysis of linguistic and stylistic features of the English postmodern novel by the material of I. McEwan’s work «Atonement». Postmodern novel is a kind of literary direction, which has an unconventional approach to the construction of literary text, which is manifested in the use of various stylistic and linguistic techniques. Unlike other literary trends, postmodernism recreates the modern picture of the world with its cultural and everyday features. Consideration of the linguistic and stylistic specificity of the postmodern novel reveals the characteristic features of postmodernism not only as a literary direction, but also as a linguistic one. The study of the linguistic and stylistic features of the postmodern novel allows us to identify the basic principles of construction of a work of fiction, particularly deconstruction, intertextuality, hypertextuality, irony, multi-level text, language play, pluralism, uncertainty. These principles are the basis of any postmodern novel and represent a kind of symbiosis of the author’s concept aimed at interaction with the reader.
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