CATEGORY OF TENSION IN J.D. SALINGER’S WORKS

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to identify category of tension in J.D.Salinger’s works. There are two main research trends of category of tension: category of tension of existence by A.F.Losev’s philosophy; a linguistic nature of tension category by T.V.Yudina. The representational method let reveal a plan of content and expression of the stories. In «Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut» and «The Laughing Man» means of tense category representation are identified on different levels: lexical – slangs, vulgar words, author’s words; syntactical – repetitions, short imperative sentences; stylistic – epithets; a sublime tone of the narration.