Syntax as an artistic means in E.G. Vodolazkin's novel "The Laurel"

this article presents the results of an analysis of the syntax features of E.G. Vodolazkin's novel "The Laurel". In the process of studying the linguistic material, it was revealed that one of the key features of the syntactic structure of the novel is its emotivity. It is established that the author deviates in many ways from the generally accepted punctuation rules for making sentences, which is perceived as a distinctive feature of the analyzed work. It is revealed that the author, developing the main idea of the novel about the timelessness of events, creates an artistic text devoid of paragraph division and direct speech, in a similar way the writer "dissolves" the text in time. In addition, the results of the study showed that the syntactic design of the novel "Laurel" is also associated with the influence of trends in modern syntax, such as the presence of parcels in the text. Parcel is one of the main means of actualizing individual semantic parts of an utterance. The author pays special attention to describing the emotional state of a person, often resorting to the mentioned technique, thereby focusing the reader's attention on the most important points.

syntax, insertion constructions, isolated nominatives, secondary predication, E.G. Vodolazkin