FUNCTIONAL AND STYLISTIC POTENTIAL OF THE PARTICLES IN THE LITERARY TEXT (BASED ON B. PASTERNAK’S NOVEL “DOCTOR ZHIVAGO”)

Abstract

The article deals with the stylistic aspect of Russian particles functioning. Various stylistic effects achieved by using these auxiliary words, selected from the text of B. Pasternak’s novel “Doctor Zhivago”, are discussed. Special attention is given both to the roles of particles in creating a hero’s speech characteristic, and to comparison of the features of these units functioning in direct and author’s monologic speech. It has been revealed that dialectal and vernacular particles, as well as those with a bookish stylistic coloring, act as speech markers of the book characters identifying their backgrounds as representatives of different social classes, which reflects the idea of civil confrontation in the novel. The function of obsolete particles is to create the atmosphere of the described historical epoch. In monologic speech, particles can act as indicators of the transition from traditional narrative to free indirect discourse.