Филология

Автор ищет ответ на вопрос как зарождался замысел ряда произведений Агаты Кристи? В статье приводятся неотмеченные ранее примеры, показывающие связь творчества романистки с эпизодами из ее биографии. Указаны литературные влияния, доказывается, что появление и развитие образа Эркюля Пуаро, сложного и противоречивого, происходило под воздействием спектра факторов. Изображая иностранцев, Кристи обращает внимание на их отличие от англичан и, в случае экзотических народов, от европейцев в целом. Тема путешествия принимает у нее разные формы, географический элемент ярко проявляется в фамилиях героев. Люди сравниваются с животными и неодушевленными предметами, их имена отражают общую идейную концепцию произведения. Творчество писательницы достаточно метафорично, что придает многим произведениям Кристи почти философское звучание.

The article under consideration dwells on the issue beset with morphological peculiarities and the level of usage of the preposition “bar” in the Tajik literary language appertaining to the 18th century (on the example of historical writing referred to as “Tuhfat-ul-khoni” by Muhammadvafo Karminagi). It is underscored that in the prosaic literary production belonging to the 17th and 18th centuries the relevant preposition, like today, is primarily resorted to indicate a direction and place. The importance of the theme explored lies in consideration of morphological peculiarities of the preposition “bar” using comparative-historical and statistical methods, determination of its distinguishing peculiarities based on the scientific-historical writing depicting the historical events of various families of the 18th century. Into the bargain, the given proposition participates in the formation of certain composite adverbs and used as a synonym of other original and compound prepositions. It is worth mentioning that the preposition “bar” in the language of “Tuhfat-ul-khoni” is similar to the modern Tajik literary language structurally and grammatically. Adducing the result of the analysis beset with the theme, explored one can conclude the given preposition occurs to the lesser extent in term of its level of usage than other original ones.

The article analyses the use of second-person narration in Ron Butlin’s first novel “The sound of my voice”. On the basis of narratological studies the author identifies the major features of this experimental narrative mode, in which the protagonist and the addressee are a single character addressed by the second-person pronoun. Butlin’s work employs you in reference to the protagonist, a 34-year-old alcoholic, and the figure of the narrator becomes visible only towards the ending of the novel. The communicative structure of the work reflects the unstable mental state of the protagonist. Second-person narration embodies his split personality, in which “I” and “you” represent different aspects of the same man. His long monologue dramatizes his recovery from self-destructive behaviour through self-acceptance and coming to terms with the past. By putting the reader in the position of a co-witness to this process, “The sound of my voice” develops an evocative depiction of a fractured self.