Authentic Literary Text As The Subject Of Linguistic And Stylistic Analysis

Abstract

The article studies different aspects of linguistic and stylistic analysis of authentic literary text. The author defines such notions as “text” “literary text”, “authentic text”, “linguistic and stylistic analysis”, reveals various approaches to the analysis of authentic literary text and studies the procedure used for teaching Orenburg State University students who specialize in foreign languages and foreign literature how to carry out a relevant and perfect linguistic and stylistic analysis. The author treats an authentic text as a text which native speakers produce for native speakers to perform a certain social function in the linguistic community where it has been produced considering peculiarities of the national culture. Linguistic and stylistic analysis of authentic literary text is defined in the article as a method aimed at studying linguistic means and stylistic devices of different levels according to the functional and aesthetic point of view as well as from the point of view of their correspondence to author’s intention, his individual manner of writing. The author proves the validity of the methodology based on the integration of literary; linguistic; psycholinguistic and communicative approaches (considering psycholinguistic approach as a leading one) and the procedure including preparatory, analytical and reflexive stages. This conclusion has been proved by the results of observations and students’ tests.