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Ekaterina S. Stupina
Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod
RHETORICAL CODES OF PERIPHRASIS IN THE POETRY OF JOSEPH BRODSKY
Stupina Е.S. Rhetorical codes of periphrasis in the poetry of Joseph Brodsky. Vestnik of Kostroma State University, 2024, vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 171–175 (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2024-30-2-171-175
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2024-30-2-171-175
УДК: 81’373.422
EDN: KHVWXH
Publish date: 2024-04-11
Annotation: The paper examines which rhetorical codes are implemented by periphrases in the poetry of Joseph Brodsky. The understanding of the rhetorical code is connected with the symbolic perception of artistic images created in a poetic text. The study of the rhetorical code involves the analysis of the influencing potential of stylistic means, taking into account the genre features of the text material. The expressive and pictorial possibilities that rhetorical techniques possess are also due to a thematic factor, a communicative situation – a political event, a love twist, a historical action. The interpretation of the code contributes to the establishment of communicative relations between the addressee and the addressee, the author and the reader, thereby comprehending the pragmatic meaning of the work of speech. In the lyrics of Joseph Brodsky, saturated with allusions and reminiscences, the periphrasis becomes a semantic, transmission and transformative buffer that expands the cultural space of the work. The rhetorical codes of reinforcement, substitution and isolation help to understand the emotional state of the lyrical hero, the decryption of these codes explains the causes of frustration, loss and feelings of orphanhood. The article emphasises that the basis of the rhetorical code is the national mentality and linguistic personality of the author of the work; therefore, when interpreting the code, the context of history was taken into account when the poems were created. The rhetorical code is part of the cultural code. Free periphrases, which are often used in the poems of Joseph Brodsky, allow the reader to see a unique, special picture of the poet’s world.
Keywords: rhetorical code, cultural code, rhetorical device, periphrasis, lyrics, substitution, reinforcement, isolation
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Author's info: Ekaterina S. Stupina, Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, stupina.ek@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9978-9686