ФУНКЦІЇ ВЕРБАЛЬНОГО СКЛАДНИКА У МУЛЬТИМОДАЛЬНОМУ ХУДОЖНЬОМУ ПРОЗОВОМУ ТЕКСТІ РОМАНУ ДЖОНАТА САФРАНА ФОЕРА «СТРАШЕННО ГОЛОСНО І НЕЙМОВІРНО БЛИЗЬКО»

Abstract

Language and text are inseparable concepts, as language is a device that encodes text. The language function depends not only on the transmission of information and reference to an independent reality, but also on the individual orientation in his own cognitive sphere, that is, language began to be seen more as a system of orienting behavior, where connotation plays a crucial role. As literature develops at the same time as society does, so that determined the relevance of our study, after all, the verbal component in a multimodal fictional prose text remains insufficiently studied and researched. Multimodality gains from a close study of the potential of the narrative as an influential mode of discourse that crosses cultures and media. The perceived monomodality of existing narrative theory, and specifically the dominance of verbal resources, is challenged profoundly by multimodality’s persistent investigation of the multiple semiotic tracks at work in storytelling. The main aim of this work is to study the functions of the verbal component of a multimodal fictional prose text. Achieving the outlined aim involves solving the following tasks: to interpret a multimodal fictional prose text; to analyze the functions of the verbal component of a multimodal fictional prose text. Solving these tasks requires a contextual analysis of multimodal fictional prose text and definition of the functions of its components. In this article we explain the role of the verbal component in the multimodal fictional prose text of Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Verbal component can vary, as both the text and the iconic component can have a semantic meaning. We considered all of its functions: informative, communicative, emotional, aesthetic, attractive, deictic. All the functions of the verbal component play essential role in the multimodal fictional prose text because they are in close interaction between themselves and the text. Aim and tasks defined a complex methodology for analyzing the actual material.