Vukolova V. Expressive means as signals of subtextual information (on the basis of F.Dostoyevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov")

The dissertation focuses on research of expressive means as signals of subtextual information of F.Dostoyevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov". In this dissertation the essence of subtext as a key concept of subtextual information and subtextual information itself are analyzed. The thesis researches major types of subtextual information which can be expressed by self-authorized anthroponyms and language means of creation expressive anthroponomy; characterizes functions of non-authorized anthroponyms as signals of subtextual information; describes the precedent expressions' role in creating the implicit meaning of the novel. The dissertation researches particular features of advanced language units of the novel's text (the title, the epigraph, the dedication, the prologue, the beginning of the novel, the final lines, the epilogue); characterizes functioning of optional strong units of the text within the limits of a reader's vertical context and background knowledge.