Poetic text as a concept of the theory of linguistic synergy

Abstract

The article studies the linguistic synergistic characteristics of German poetic texts viewed as special linguistic and aesthetic formations. Additionally, the poetic text is considered as a synergistic system that has all the properties of this system and functions according to the principles of synergy. The article examines the basic concepts of linguistic synergy, on which the research is based. Special attention is focused on the features of the process of self-organization of the poetic text as a complex, dynamic, non-linear, open system. The genre requirements relevant for the self-organization of a poetic text for its author are the volume of the poetic text, traditions of construction, norms of presentation, regularities of the historical era. These requirements in synergy are called «repelers». The concept of «attractor» is introduced to indicate the purpose and intention of the author of the poetic text and their implementation by means of language.The poetic text features that prove its linguistic synergistic nature are specified and characterized as the ones which include openness, instability, non-linearity; hierarchy, emergency; symmetry, asymmetry. It has been established that the openness of a poetic text implies its interaction with other texts, including the external environment in which the text exists. It has been found out that the instability of the poetic text shows a commitment to external influences that cause changes in the picture of being. An attempt has also been made to explain the emergence of the poetic text, which is a manifestation of the special properties of the system, which are not inherent in any of its component subsystems and blocks. There has been expressed an opinion that a poetic text, striving for symmetry, is organized, and striving for asymmetry, is self-organised.