LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF THE MEMOIR GENRE WORK "MEMOIRES ET DICTEES" ("MEMOIRS AND NOTES") BY G. SIMENON

The article focuses on the problem of identification and analysis of specific features of the idiostyle of Georges Simenon's memoirs "Memoires et dictees ("Memoirs and Notes") from the viewpoint of modern linguistics of the text and complex stylistic interpretation of the character of memoirs on the material of the French language. The relevance of the research is determined by the following facts: 1) great popularity of the memoir genre in literature; 2) keen interest of the modern linguistics to "borderline" genres (essays, biographies, memoirs, diaries, etc). In this regard, the analysis of the author's idiostyle and different linguistic means is very important as it lets us understand unique author's way to express his point of view. Georges Simenon is a French writer from Belgium, one of the most famous representatives of the detective genre, whose name is associated with a special trend in the detective literature - social-psychological novel. G. Simenon wrote not only "pure" detective stories, his works are also dedicated to the dramatic destiny of an individual in modern society. In 1972 G. Simenon decided to stop writing detective novels and began to publish only memoirs. The analysis of the memoirs by G. Simenon "Memoires et dictees" ("Memoirs and Notes") helped to determine his author's features, which are characterized by the use of a small number of expressive means to demonstrate imper- ceptible movements of the human soul, while outlining the character of a person. It is proved in the article that lexical, grammatical and stylistic features of the text "Memoires et dictees" ("Memoirs and Notes") determine G. Simenon's idiostyle. They are: use of numerals and dates, use of the phraseological units to describe a person's character, his manner of speaking and some local characteristics; use of simple and complex sentences, present and past tenses; use of metaphors, epithets and comparisons. All translations are by the authors of this article.

idiostyle, memoirs, lexical and grammatical features, stylistic features, subjectivity, retrospective composition, plot

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