SYNTACTIC COMPLICATION CONSTRUCTIONS IN VARLAM SHALAMOV’S PROSE (BASED ON ‘THE LEFT BANK OF THE RIVER’ STORIES)

Abstract

The article discusses syntactic structures in Varlam Shalamov’s cycle of stories ‘The left bank of the river’, as in the syntactic complication constructions. These constructions have been thoroughly researched by A. F. Priyatkina, yet its functioning in Varlam Shalamov’s fiction has not been the subject of research so far. The aim of the article is to analyse features of the syntactic complication structures and their role in the author’s prose. This analysis will cover the relationship between a semantic aspect and syntax, highlighting these functions of the syntactic complication constructions which are specific to fiction. Extra focus will be laid upon the expressive function of these syntactic constructions in their correlation with each story as an individual concept, as well as the role of these structures as a cohesive mechanism that combines all the stories from ‘The left bank of the river’ into a complete work. Additionally, the syntactic structures are proved to be the fundamental syntactic instrument that drives the implementation of Varlam Shalamov’s unique style of prose.