Nesobstvenno-prjamaja reč’ i ee formy vo vtoroj časti romana Ju.K. Oleši Zavist’

Abstract

This paper offers a study of the “Free Indirect Style” (nesobstvennoprjamaja reč’) in the second part of the novel “Zavist’” (Envy) by the Russian writer Oleša. The Free Indirect Style is the stylistic-syntactic method of transmitting other’s people speeches, which consists in the union of the subjective plan of the narrator with the subjective plan of the character, so that in one sentence two differently orientated speeches mutually overlap. The study begins with an introductory illustration of the Free Indirect Style, its syntactic formulation, its lexical features and its stylistic implications. After the general view of the method itself, there is the distinction of the various cycles of the Free Indirect Style which compose the second part of Oleša's novel. A cycle is dedicated to each of the main characters (there are five cycles altogether), which are linked together by the same function: revealing the inner life, the psychology, the particular characteristics of each character, and at the same time, show the attitude of the narrator (or more precisely of the author himself) towards these characters.