THE IMAGE OF THE AUTHOR AND ITS SYNTACTICAL CORRELATION IN VARLAM SHALAMOV’S “NEW PROSE” (BASED ON “THE LEFT BANK OF THE RIVER” STORIES)

Abstract

The article observes Varlam Shalamov’s prose narration and analyzes his cycle of stories “The left bank of the river”. The introduction provides with brief characteristic of “new prose” principles which reflect Shalamov’s literary and aesthetic views. Thus, syntactical particularities of considered prose are being analyzed in close connection with these principles. The paper focuses on such crucial component of fictional text as the image of the author in its linguistic aspect emphasizing the essential role of this component in structural integrity organization. The author considers variable forms of narration in Varlam Shalamov’s stories distinguishing traditional narration forms (namely, personified narration and auctorial narration) and free indirect discourse. It is shown that narration forms correlate with semantic, stylistic, and syntactical aspects of Shalamov’s prose.