Филологические науки /Риторика и стилистика

Бояринцева О.С.

Региональный социально – инновационный университет, Казахстан

Stylistic function of a literary dialogue

In our article, a " stylistic function " is defined as the role of specially organized means of language, having a stylistic meaning, implementing a specific stylistic reference; it is expressive potential of the interacting linguistic resources in the text; it is the correlation between information of the connotative meaning and structural elements of the text .

Having examined the concept of stylistic functions, its types and features, we proceed to the analysis of a particular material.

Followed by many researchers in the analysis of linguistic material, we concluded that the dialogue has the following stylistic functions:

• characterological - the function of speech characteristics of the subject of the story ( the author, the narrator ) or character. Its typical implementation: reflective function of inner speech, which will the psychological characteristics of the subject through his inner speech; the function which is aimed at easiness, discreteness thought. This function plays an important role in uncovering the conceptual information of the text, using the characteristics of the hero, his behavior, revealing the motives behind his actions. Analysis of this function helps the reader to penetrate into the inner world of the character, understand his thoughts and explain his behavior.

The Gentleman [taking off his hat] I beg your pardon. Can you direct me to Hindhead View - Mrs Alison's?

The Young Lady [glancing up from her book] This is Mrs Alison's. [She resumes her work]

The Gentleman. Indeed! Perhaps - may I ask are you Miss Vivie Warren?

The Young Lady [sharply, as she turns on her elbow to get a good look at him] Yes.

This dialog characterizes the hero as a noble gentleman and well-mannered person. This can be determined by its appeal to the young lady , using such expressions like "I beg your pardon", Can you ...? and "May I ...?" All these constructions above points to his polite tone. Moreover, the word "The Gentleman", which in this case acts as antonomasia relates to so-called "Sounding names", which is not only the name but it also entails particular characteristics of the hero.

• emotive - evaluation – the function of strengthening the emotions (feelings, moods), or emotional evaluation of the emotional state of the subject of the story or character. Typical implementation of the stylistic function: gaining specific emotions, emotional evaluation or emotional state. It can be expressed by a negative- evaluation, positive- evaluation, the function of the lyrical pathos;

Consider the implementation of emotion - evaluation function of dialogue in the following example:

Praed ... But it was so charming of you to say that you were disposed to be friends with me! You modem young ladies are splendid - perfectly splendid!

Vivie [dubiously] Eh? [watching him with dawning disappointment as to the quality of his brains and character].

Praed. When I was your age, young men and women were afraid of each other: there was no good fellowship - nothing real - only gallantry copied out of novels, and as vulgar and affected as it could be.

Maidenly reserve! - Gentlemanly chivalry! - Always saying "no" when you meant "yes"! - Simple purgatory for shy and sincere souls!

In this passage the author used convergence of various stylistic devices, such as metonymy, epithet, irony, and lots of exclamatory sentences. Exclamatory sentences (Maidenly reserve! - Gentlemanly chivalry! - Always saying "no" when you meant "yes"!) Carry a large emotional significance and serve to reinforce the impression.

• descriptive – literary image-bearing function of describing the thing being reflected. Its typical implementation: visual-imagery function; function of the dynamic image; function of creating the effect of the duration of the action in process, events; the function of focusing on the contrastive images.

Here is another example, which discloses a descriptive function:

In the Rectory garden next morning with the sun shining and the birds in full song. The garden wall has a five-farred wooden gate, wide enough to admit a carriage, in the middle. Resides the gate hangs a bell on a coiled spring, communicating with a pull outside. The carriage drive comes down the Middle of the garden and then swerves 46its left, where at ends in a little graveled Circus opposite the Rectory porch. Beyond the gate is seen the dusty him road, parallel with Wall, bounded on the farther side by a strip of turf and an unfenced pine wood. On the Lawn, between the house and the drive, is a clipped yew tree, with a garden bench in outs shade. On the opposite side the garden is shut in by a box hedge: and there is a sundial on the turf, with an iron chair near it: A Little path leads off through the box hedge, behind the sundial.

The descriptive function in this example is revealed by the description of nature, which receives an explicit expression in the text. The passage makes the reader see the eyes of the author - artist. The general impression is created primarily by detailing. The author would like to show by this description the calm in the morning and at the same time its beauty. Perception is very peculiar, full of concrete images. Throughout the paragraph complete sentences are used. Propagation can accurately characterize the image, color and the play of light in the nature.

Literature:

1. Комина H.A., Коммуникативно-прагматический аспект английской диалогической речи, Киев, 1984

2. Bernard Shaw “Widowers’ Houses”, “Mrs. Warren’s Profession“, Moscow, 1950.