SOME LINGUOSTYLISTIC ASPECTS OF LANDSCAPE DESCRIPTIONS IN THE NOVEL “THE GREAT GATSBY” BY F. S. FITZGERALD

Abstract

The main objectives of this study are some Linguostylistic aspects of landscape descriptions in F. S. Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby”. Landscape descriptions here are considered as essential components of a literary work. They are not a were representation of nature but one of the means of a personage’s characterization. There is a certain approach in text linguistics regarding verbal landscape as a specific text creation with its own structure and semantics.
 Landscape description is a picture, a background of the events in the novel “The Great Gatsby” as well as a psychological reflection of its characters’ inner state. Landscape description is very often polyfunctional in the novel. One of its main functions is the function of place and time. Some descriptions are used in the function of prediction. A lot of landscape descriptions are full of visual and sound associations which correspond to the characters’ mood revealing a certain psychological parallelism and representing their psychological function. Specific features and functions of the descriptions under consideration are connected with the type of narration as everything in the novel is given through the eyes of the narrator – Nick Caraway. They say that this pact symbolizes the power of circumstances, environment which suppress an individual. Any description in the novel is able to fulfill several functions at a time. Its functions and rich imagery help us penetrate into the inner world of the inner world of the main character of the novel.