EXPRESSIVE STYLISTIC MEANS IN THE POETICS OF TOMMY JAUD’S NOVEL VOLLIDIOT

Abstract

This article examines the means of stylistic expression that define the poetics of Vollidiot, a novel by a modern German writer Tommy Jaud’s. The relevance of the study is due to the fact that the novel, which has already been translated into Russian, has not been subjected to purposive literary and stylistic analysis yet, but it has only been the object of bibliographic reviews. Purpose. The article describes the study, its purpose being to identify the most frequent stylistic means that express the specificity of the artistic world and the world perception of the hero of the novel. Methodology. The research methods applied are as follows: the method of quantitative analysis, based on the calculation of the most frequent, leading means of stylistic expression; the word-image method aimed at identification of the figurative potential of an identified component of stylistics. Results. It has been revealed that the sarcastic nature of the narrative, the protagonist’s attitude to the reality around him, is expressed more often in an ironic text, in which two and sometimes more than two meanings arise simultaneously, and they either coexist or replace each other. The quantitative analysis shows that the frequency of stylistic means such as grotesque, hyperbola, irony and sarcasm is particularly strong in the first third of the novel, in the future the mood of the hero changes, the attitude towards others is softened and this is reflected in the degree of applicability of the above-mentioned expression means. By the end of the book, as the hero ‘s birthday approaches and is again mastered by depression, there is again a quantitative increase in the means of ironic and sarcastic expression Practical implications. The results of the study can be applied in the field of analysis of belles-lettres style and literary work.

Keywords

• стилистика
• гипербола
• гротеск
• ирония
• сарказм