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Cлово "VALID"
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Часть текста: linguistics, where the principal object of study is not literary language. Drawing upon the work of linguists, this Bakhtinian critical study has therefore been undertaken with the goal of “returning” speech theory to the study of literature. A new typology of speech genres is presented that seeks to unite Bakhtin’s theory with Roman Jakobson’s model of communication and the functions of language. This thesis contends that authors understand the nature of communication in different ways, a specificity that can be extended to literary movements or even to whole cultural epochs. My hypothesis has been examined in relation to Chekhov’s understanding of communication, as it is revealed in his texts, together with that of some of his predecessors in classical Russian literature (Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky). Studies of communication in Chekhov have, in general, been limited to single stories and plays, or to a small sample of his work. This study examines over three-hundred and fifty Chekhov texts, including all the major plays and short stories, as well as many of the early comic stories (rarely discussed by critics). The theoretical framework of speech genres has been employed to study Chekhov’s complete oeuvre. Since the first performances of his plays by the Moscow Art Theatre, nearly a century ago, critics have pondered misunderstandings and...