Conflict parataxis in modern prose

Abstract

Based on the material of modern postmodern prose, the article examines syntactic constructions with conflict parataxis, the conflicting nature of which is created by the internal semantic inconsistency of the components, fragmentation, abruptness, rearrangement of fragments into parallel groups. They include structures of a simple sentence with homogeneous members, complex sentences with parallel subordination and a complex syntactic whole. The process of their structuring correlates with the principles of cognitive processing of objective reality by human consciousness. The diversity of the analyzed structures in terms of lexical-semantic content, valence properties of components, their order forms communicative-pragmatic homogeneity and conflict semantics. The non-prototypicality of constructions with conflict parataxis expands their pragmatic potential, which is demonstrated in fragments of the prose of B. Pasternak, as well as V. Pelevin, T. Tolstoy, Z. Prilepin. Structuring a parataxic series on the basis of some commonality (common seme, mode of expression, function, pretext, historical context) creates a sense of homogeneity in the reader's mind and creates conditions for variable interpretations. The diversity of the analyzed structures in terms of lexico-semantic content, valence properties of the components of the series, the order of their arrangement allow us to speak of a special type of communicative-pragmatic homogeneity of the components of the paratactic series. The analysis of the presented material leads to the conclusion that the conflict parataxis in modern postmodern prose is one of the productive methods that create its simultaneity, fragmentation, and discursiveness.