SOME COMPARATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS IN THE HISTORICAL CHRONICLES OF SHAKESPEARE

Abstract

This article examines some comparative constructions in the historical Chronicles of William Shakespeare. The study of the works of the great English playwright William Shakespeare mainly studied his creative activity or considered his comedies and tragedies (Karpova). Thus, it can be stated that Chronicles have remained out of the attention of researchers, in particular, the consideration of the genre in linguistic and stylistic coverage has remained the least studied. In this study, we consider comparative constructions as a means of imagery in Shakespeare’s Chronicles in comparison with the modern literary language of the 21st century. The study of comparative constructions in Chronicles made it possible to consider and identify differences in the language of the New England period and modern English of the early 21st century in qualitative and quantitative terms. The analysis carried out in the study of comparative constructions with the functional words like, as and than in the historical chronicles of Shakespeare and their comparison with modern literary texts allow us to make some generalizations about the evolution of the syntax of these constructions of the New English period and the change in the status of these functional words. Keywords: Historical Chronicles; comparative constructions; figurativeness; Shakespeare, contextual analysis, parallelism, literary, poetry.