COMPARISON AS A MEANS OF FORMATION SUBJECTIVE MODALITY IN THE TEXT OF F.M. DOSTOEVSKY’S NOVEL “CRIME AND PUNISHMENT”

Abstract

The main semantic varieties of comparative constructions functioning in the text of the novel “Crime and Punishment” by F.M. Dostoevsky are considered. It is revealed that the most frequent are comparisons with nominations associated with the names of a person by social status, type of activity, age, gender, etc. It is noted that among the identified semantic groups, comparisons with a person occupy a special place in the formation of subjective modality, being in a certain physical or mental state: in order for the reader to be able to fully understand the hero of the work, the course of his thoughts, and subsequently his actions, F.M. Dostoevsky uses common comparisons that can more clearly reveal the motives of the actions and the state of the hero, as well as stable comparisons that are close to epithets: like mad, like furious, like drunk, like insane, like crazy, like dead. The semantic, expressive potential of comparisons with inanimate natural phenomena, aimed in the text of a work of art at characterizing characters and actions, an accurate, detailed description of the feelings and psychological state of the characters, is noted.