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Функционирование итератива в рассказах А. П. Чехова
The Functioning of the Iterative in Anton Chekhov’ Stories

Author(s): Nina Semenova
Subject(s): Literary Texts, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: iterative; singulative; event; Anton Chekhov; “The Two Volodyas”

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the hypothesis that in Chekhov’s late stories the increasing share of iterative storytelling is a consequence of the reduction of eventfulness. The relations between the singular and the iterative in the story “The Two Volodyas” are presented. Lexical markers of the iterative are considered, which makes it possible to reconstruct the event in the logic of movement from the deep, verbal, level to the “surface” structures.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 189-199
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Russian
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