Expressive potential of verbs in the fictional text (based on G. Yakhina’s works)

Abstract

   This article studies expression making devices in fictional texts by analyzing the use of semantic and stylistic potential of the Russian verb in the works of Guzel Yakhina, a representative of modern women’s prose. The focus is on the identification of the most common expression making devices and on the overall individual writing technique of Yakhina: using verbs to create expressiveness within a fictional text. We chose the descriptive method as the leading research method, which allowed us to summarize our findings. Furthermore, we used contextual and component types of the language material analysis, extracting continuous samples from Guzel Yakhina’s works. Thus, we have found that Yakhina uses traditional expression making devices in her works (personification, anaphora, gradation, parallel syntax, etc.). The author resorts to the semantic and stylistic features of the Russian verb to create vibrant living narrative pictures. We highlight Guzel Yakhina’s special manner of the verb lexicon application, obsolete verbs (or verb forms) are often found in the writer’s creative work. Her work is characterized by such things as clear semantic and stylistic differentiation of onomatopoeic verbs, skillful use of a common language in fictional texts and creation of occasional formations for semantic nuances. As a result of the conducted research, we conclude that the use of traditional devices for expression making in fictional texts is possible owing to the semantic and stylistic potential that verbs possess, the involvement of obsolete lexicon that helps portray past events accurately and the creation of occasional variants.