PECULIARITIES OF PRECEDENT NAMES FUNCTIONING IN POSTMODERN ARTISTIC DISCOURSE

Abstract

This article examines intertextuality of artistic texts of postmodern discourse in the aspect of linguosemiotic research; defines intertextuality as a text category that occupies one of the central places among other text categories; summarizes and systematizes the functioning of precedent names in postmodern artistic texts; considers postmodern artistic discourse as a special semantic focus of intertextual connections on the example of precedent names; highlights that intertextuality changes the idea of ​​artistic texts as homogeneous structures, suggesting their consideration as heterogeneous formations.
Recently, in linguistic science, general tendencies in the study of artistic texts as an intertextual phenomenon are observed. However, the lack of postmodern artistic discourse research in intertextual context by and large is noticed. Artistic texts of postmodern literature reflect the text-creating tendencies of postmodern creativity, the change of ideological system, the restructuring of values hierarchy, the creation of hybrid artistic forms, the production of new writing ways, and the manifestation of topical issues.
Postmodern artistic texts are characterized by the presence of a large number of expressive precedent names. Introduction to the structure of artistic texts names, surnames, nicknames of prominent historical figures, biblical and mythological characters, writers of previous eras, heroes of their works, etc., that are emphasized with deep authorial intentions and meanings, defines literary characters’ destinies in a certain way, and affects the development of artistic text plot lines in general.
The category of intertextuality creates a fragmented text in postmodernism fiction. Postmodern artistic text is a complete cognitive and conceptual, communicative and semiotic unity It is a heterogeneous structure marked by intertextual connections and lines with other texts. Therefore, it becomes possible to correlate cultural signs with background knowledge and with the specificity of linguistic consciousness, as well as create a special semiotic space.