Lexical and stylistic features of the narrator speech in the Anna Matveeva's novel "Every Hundred Years"

the article analyzes lexical and stylistic features of the speech of the main narrators (Ksenia Lesova and Ksenia Levshina) in Anna Matveeva's novel "Every Hundred Years". The most significant groups of stylistically colored vocabulary are identified; and the narrators' speech is analyzed from the aspect of using lexical means of expression. Attention is drawn to the active inclusion of reduced, colloquial and vernacular vocabulary in the speech of each of the narrators, which is due to the diary form of narration (conveying the oral speech features); as well as the presence of certain groups of terms, in particular, mineralogical terminology, which is due to the professional activities of the characters in the work. It is noted that Xana's speech as a leading narrator is characterized by greater polyphony, linguistic diversity, active use of figurative means, a tendency to lingual game, as well as reflection in later recordings (2017). The language of Ksenia Mikhailovna's diaries is also diverse, but it is somewhat inferior in expressiveness, and it also becomes more dry and protocol-like in later entries. The most significant is the interaction of the two narrative lines, which is especially evident in Ksenia Lesova's reflections on the fate of Ksenia Mikhailovna Levshina.

stylistically colored vocabulary, lexical means of expression, narrator / storyteller, Anna Matveeva's novel "Every Hundred Years"