AFTER OSTROG: PRO-POSITIVE MODELS IN THE TEXT OF F. DOSTOEVSKY’S STORY «THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD»

Abstract

Aim. The purpose of the article is to study the form, semantics, and functions of temporal syntaxemes and substantive phrases in the text of Dostoevsky’s story “The House of the Dead”. Methodology. The author of the article carried out a structural-semantic analysis of sentences extracted by a targeted sample from F. Dostoevsky’s novel, using the methods of observation, generalization, and interpretation. Results of the study was the identification of the features of the structure, functions, lexical and grammatical semantics of non-elementary simple sentences that contain a temporal syntaxeme vs. a substantive phrase. It is shown how the semantic volume of the statement becomes more complicated; its functional orientation is enhanced. Such analysis allows us to see the individual creative manner of the author. Research implications. The theoretical significance of the article is determined by the contribution to the methodology of linguistic description of a non-elementary simple sentence, the demand for the proposed approach in syntactic analysis. The practical significance of the materials of the article is due to the possibility of their use in the practice of teaching philological disciplines.