The subjective sphere of author and characters in Venedict Mart's literary texts

this article presents a grammatical analysis of a literary text using Venedikt Mart's story "Death Behind the Mask: A Christmas Tale" as an example. The study is conducted within the framework of the communicative-grammatical approach with an emphasis on speech registers and compositional structure, while in some cases including an examination of the formal-syntactic organization of the text. The aim of the analysis is to identify the types of compositional units and syntactic structures that express the "author's image" and the subjective spheres of the characters (following V.V. Vinogradov). The conducted research reveals the distinctive features and interaction between the subjective spheres of the author and the characters: the author is manifested in descriptive and informative-narrative fragments, as well as in generalizing statements, while the characters are manifested in narrative fragments, in reasoning, and directly in direct speech. The study identifies the types of predicates, egocentric elements of the text, and speech registers characteristic of the narrator and characters: general-perceptive and evaluative predicates occur in the author's subjective sphere, whereas private-perceptive predicates occur in the characters' sphere; demonstrative pronouns and parenthetical words are present in the characters' sphere, while parenthetical words and evaluative devices are found in the author's sphere. The manifestations of the author's image reveal linguistic egocentric elements, which allow it to be described as an omniscient narrator. The article draws a general conclusion, consistent with V.V. Vinogradov's observations, that it is the narrator who serves as the compositional core of the text.

grammar of literary text, syntax structure of complex sentences, author's image, subjective sphere, communicative registers, V. Mart