ICONIC FUNCTION OF ENJAMBEMENTS IN A GERMAN POETIC TEXT (BASED ON MODERN FREE RHYTHMS)

Abstract

The paper deals with the problem of iconicity in a poetic text. On the example of lingvopoetic analysis of poems by H. M. Enzensberger, G. Falkner and B. Tyumler written in free rhythms, the expansion of functional potential in the contemporary German-language poetry of such traditional rhythmic and syntactic figure as enjambements is demostrated. As evidenced by the results of the research, enjambements in modern free rhythms are endowed with the ability to label graphically the spatial semantics of locative verbs, and thus become an iconic sign, not only illustrating the relationship between form and content of a poetic expression, but also emphasizing the vertical dimension of the text and indicating its verse nature.

Keywords

• poetic text
• german-language poetry
• modern free rhythms
• iconicity
• enjambements
• functional potential
• vertical dimension of the text