ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LONGREADES: FUNCTIONAL AND STYLISTIC EVOLUTION OF THE MEDIA NARRATION

Abstract

The research analyses and evaluates the modern media genre of “longread” by using the example of Anglo-American narratology and “long-form” journalism. The aim of the study is to identify common and distinctive features of longread construction in British and American media culture as a creolized phenomenon, opposed to the widespread format of quick reading of short news and briefs. A thematic classification of Anglo-American long form narratives dedicated to the most relevant social issues in global society is highlighted. As a result, it is concluded that despite the primary similarity of the linguistic and creolized laws of building longreads in the UK and the USA, the functional and stylistic accents in Anglo-American journalism of “slow reading” are placed differently, due to the peculiarities of the public discourses of the two states, their political contexts and national priorities. The article concludes that English‑language longreads are created not only in the UK and the USA, but also in Australia, on the African continent, in Southeast Asia, and in the media culture of the CIS countries in the post‑Soviet space. Studying them will allow researchers to examine and compare the features of various ways of using lexical, syntactic, and semiotic means in the varieties of English used in different cultures, and to trace the similarities and differences in authors’ approaches to presenting in‑depth, detailed analytical media content and context that sheds light on the current agenda of contemporary reality.