Allusion as Discours Symbol

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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………...4 CHAPTER 1. FUNDAMENTALS OF THE ALLUSION THEORY……….6 1.1. Definition of allusion…………..…………………………………………..6 1.2. Classification of allusion: different approaches…...……………………..8 1.3. Stylistic functions of allusion…………………………………………….11 CHAPTER 2. STYLISTIC FUNCTIONS OF ALLUSION IN THE POETIC TEXT (IN LEWIS CAROLL’S ECCENTRIC FAIRY TALE “ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND”……………………………………...16 2.1. Allusion as a category of vertical context.................................................16 2.2. Varieties of allusion in the eccentric tale “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”……………………………………………………….……….…17 2.3. Stylistic functions of allusion in the eccentric tale “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”……………………...………………………….19 CONCLUSION…………………………………………………..………...….23 LIST OF REFERENCE SOURCES…………………………………………24 LIST OF DATA SOURCES………………………………………………….26 РЕЗЮМЕ……………………………………………………………………...27 INTRODUCTION Discourse (from Latin discursus, meaning “running to and from”) generally refers to written or spoken communication. It is a generalization of the concept of conversation to all modalities and contexts. In a poetic text allusion as one of the most frequently used stylistic devices, plays an important role while being a discourse symbol, uncovering its meaning to a reader. The thesis of the work: the systematic use of the stylistic device of allusion in Lewis Caroll’s eccentric tale “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” depicts great variety of the author’s contexts which are the important feature of Caroll’s poetic text. The rationale for the study is conditioned by the fact that major linguistic researches pay great attention to the notion of discourse and the related notions. The aim of the research is to define the major functions of allusion in Lewis Caroll’s eccentric tale “Alice’s

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