Popova, T. I. INTERNAL SPEECH IN THE COMPOSITIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE KSENIIA BUKSHA’S NOVEL “ADVENT”. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2024;46(3):83–90. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2024.1028


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INTERNAL SPEECH IN THE COMPOSITIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE KSENIIA BUKSHA’S NOVEL “ADVENT”

Popova
T. I. 		Sant Petersburg State University
Keywords:
the character’s inner speech
the narrator’s speech
the compositional structure of the novel
Kseniia Buksha
“Advent”		 Summary: Inner speech is an integral part of the structural and semantic composition of Ksenia Buksha’s works. The relevance of the undertaken research is determined by considering the ways of organizing the speech structure of Ksenia Buksha’s novel “Advent” as a reflection of the general tendency of modern literature towards the implementation of a narrative identity strategy, on the one hand, and as a form of implementation of the author’s individual author’s style, on the other. The purpose of the article is to identify the role of inner speech in the compositional structure of K. Buksha’s novel “Advent” and to describe the relationship between the subjective sphere of the narrator and the subjective sphere of the character. The article uses methods of linguistic text analysis, contextual and conceptual analysis. As a result of the study, three subjective spheres of the novel were identified: the subjective sphere of the non-diegetic narrator) – the subjective sphere of the hero (Bones) – the subjective sphere of the heroine (Anya). All stories unfold in the chronotope of the heroes. The contrast between the external and internal lives of the characters constitutes the main compositional device that helps to interpret the semantic structure of the novel. The chronotope of the heroes is connected with their inner world and is represented in the text by internal speech, which is addressed to the past, associatively connected with the present. The plot appeal to these stories is associated with “collecting laughter from the past”, content-conceptually – with an attempt to define oneself, one’s self, self-identification of heroes who have lost a harmonious connection with the world around them and each other, have lost a sense of the value of life. The semantic function of the characters’ inner speech is to reveal the process of the characters’ psychological change from depression, irritation to finding peace and joy, and for Kostya this happens through reflection, and for Anya through feeling. Forms of depicting someone else’s speech – internal speech, improperly direct speech, direct speech – have a meaning-forming function in the novel: overcoming depression is conveyed through exit into external speech, into dialogue.



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