Author's Creativity in Modern Fiction (Based on Russian "Besoboi" Comic Series)
https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2020-22-4-1160-1168
Abstract
Linguistic creativity is currently attracting a lot of scientific attention. Such scientists as V. P. Korovushkin, J. Falojou, O. K. Iriskhanova, A. V. Galkina, and V. Z. Demyankov define linguistic creativity as a person's ability to create and use original, non-standard linguistic means and techniques, which is mainly used in personal discourse, i.e. in fiction narrative, everyday speech, or phatic discourse. The present research featured authentic linguistic creativity in the modern comic book series called "Besoboi". Authentic linguistic creativity means the author's ability to use and generate new original, non-standard linguistic means, and techniques, or to commit deliberate linguistic violations at various language levels in their own text. The research objective was to identify and describe linguistic means, techniques, and violations that make up the linguistic creativity in the text of the Russian comic book series "Besoboi". The author analyzed works by Russian and foreign scientists in the field of linguistic creativity, fiction, and language violations. The study was based on the methods of description, interpretation, comparison, and generalization. The author's linguistic creativity manifested itself in the comic book as an ability to generate innovative words and use such stylistic devices as parody, oxymoron, alliteration, lithotes, hyperbole, pun, etc. In addition, the text contained a lot of original idioms, epithets, and similes. However, there is a tendency to classify many of these expressive means and techniques as linguistic violations, grammatical or stylistic. The author's creativity also manifested itself in the fictional world, unusual plots, new types of heroes, e.g. a superhero with mystical abilities, demons, etc. All linguistic transformations on the level of phonetics, spelling, derivation, vocabulary, and grammar are deliberate, and so are the communicative deviations, as the author generates and uses them deliberately to achieve a certain effect.
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Engel E.A. Author's Creativity in Modern Fiction (Based on Russian "Besoboi" Comic Series). The Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. 2020;22(4):1160-1168. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2020-22-4-1160-1168
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