Вертикале епских ликова
Verticals of Epic Characters

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines various types of paradigmatic series of characters in epic poetry. Vertical sets are formed i.e. by characters from different poems connected by the same scope, function or syuzhet position. The hierarchic layering of each such set is conditioned by the depth structure of individual syuzhet models. The selection of epic characters included into a vertical series is limited by horizontal (syntagmatic) connections established between the characters in a single poem (customary couples, triades) and the naming (national or ethnic isomorphy, typical names). Paradigmatic relations subsume implicit connections as well, i.e. associative inclusion of absent characters in a certain series.

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