ФУНКЦІЙНІСТЬ ВЕРБАЛЬНОГО МИСЛЕННЯ В РОМАНІ “КРІСЛО-ГОЙДАЛКА” АННИ ЕРНАНДЕС

Abstract

The paper deals with the reflection of verbal thinking of the characters in the novel The Rocking Chair by Anna Hernández, a contemporary author of Spanish detective novels. It outlines the main thematic directions and features of journalistic and literary activities of Anna Hernández. It is noted that the text of the novel “The Rocking Chair” reflects the thinking of only the main characters, which gives their personalities a special status within the narrative. The verbal thinking of Elena Rius, Nils Åkerman and Mykola Solonenko is singled out. The functions performed by the verbal thinking of the characters portrayed in the novel are determined as follows: artistic reproduction of the characters with their most essential features, psychological focus on the motives that guide the characters, creation and depiction of vivid title images, and a balanced storyline of the novel. The research touches upon some ways of representing verbal thinking: a monologue, an internal dialogue, and an epistolary monologue. The psychological nature of verbal thinking is analysed in all situations where it is illustrated. In some cases, verbal thinking reflects the search for solutions in a life situation, while in others it is a search for a better model of oneself and is close to a psychotherapeutic technique with which characters try to help themselves. The vivid visual and auditory effects, which are present in the narrative of “The Rocking Chair”, reveal certain features of cinematography bringing the novel closer to a film script. In view of the above, it is appropriate to study the novel through the prism of cinema semiotics. As a prospect for further research, it is proposed to study the functioning of the protagonists' verbal thinking depicted in other contemporary detective novels, in particular in “The Moon over the Windmills” by Anna Hernández, a recently published novel, which continues the storyline of “The Rocking Chair” and deals with the same characters set in new circumstances.