Interrogative constructions as a means of creating language imagery in literary-critical articles by N.N. Strakhov

this article analyzes interrogative sentences as one of the means of realizing imagery, noted in literary and critical articles by N.N. Strakhov is a bright literary critic, a well-known Russian soil philosopher, a corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Particular attention is paid to the definition of the basic concepts of image, linguistic imagery, the main linguistic features of the genre of literary criticism are determined, the main means of linguistic imagery are described on a specific language material. Attention is drawn to the fact that the nature of the image determines the nature of the language means. This is found both in the system of verbal meanings and in the construction of syntactic constructions: the author selects exactly those language means that allow him to convey the most significant properties of the created image. This is manifested in special constructions, their emotional coloring, the originality of the paths, which together make up a special system of pictorial and expressive means. The characteristics of the journalistic style, for which the declaration of the author's principle, expressiveness and a special influencing function are characteristic, are important. Among the brightest and most frequent figurative means in this work, interrogative sentences stand out, the high concentration of which allows you to most accurately convey the author's worldview, influence the reader and cause a certain emotional response. Rhetorical questions, question-response complexes are distinguished by informativity, expression, focus on key points, and increase the emotional impact on the reader.

image, figurative means, interrogative constructions, literary criticism