Мовні засоби створення образів злодіїв у детективних романах Агати Крісті

Abstract

EN : The presented paper focuses on the peculiarities of constructing the characters of murderers’ in Agatha Christie’s detective novels. The object of the work can be defined as the peculiarities of structuring the the characters of murderers’ with the help of linguistic means (phonetical, lexical and grammatical). The subject is the peculiar character of the realization of this process in Agatha Christie’s detective novels «Cards on the table» (1936), «Evil Under the Sun» (1941), «Five Little Pigs» (1942) and «Sparkling Cyanide» (1945). The main aim of the paper is to define the ways, mechanisms and forms of structuring the characters of murderers’ in Agatha Christie’s detective novels in the light of stylistic devices used. It determined the accomplishment of such objectives as: - to systematize the key methodological theses of the research into the genre of the detective novel; - to define the narrative and stylistic specificity of the detective novel in general and Agatha Christie’s detective novels in particular; - to outline the gallery of murderes in Agatha Christie’s detective novels; - to elucidate the main mechanisms of constructing the psychological portrait of a murderer by using phonetical, lexical and grammatical means; On the basis of the conducted analysis the following conclusion were drawn. Skillfully using phonetic, lexical and grammatical means, Agatha Christie gives a clear and vivid linguistic characterization of her characters. The speech of the characters reflects the level of their education, social status, indicates gender characteristics, and also draws a portrait of a person of a certain age, temperament and psychological composition. Moreover, by analyzing the linguistic behavior of the negative characters, one can determine the peculiarities of their picture of the world and to judge the hierarchy of concepts and values. The reader can visualize the image of the murdere, based on these linguistic cues. It is worth noting that this is a distinctive feature of Christie’s creativity and narrative skill. A. Christie characterizes her murderers indirectly, that is, she allows the reader to from his own ideas of the criminal based on his linguistic behavior. Such a technique allows the author to set off particular characteristics and to create a more colorful, vivid, realistic image of the murderer.