Non-canonical punctuation of Alexander S. Pushkin’s manuscripts Cover Image

Неканоническая пунктуация рукописей А.С. Пушкина. I.
Non-canonical punctuation of Alexander S. Pushkin’s manuscripts

Author(s): Georgy Vekshin
Subject(s): Language studies, Russian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: punctuation; draft; manuscript; Pushkin; functional analysis; text; genesis

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to give a functional description of the five most significant individual non-standard punctuation marks used in the manuscripts of Pushkin’s poems. A typology of basic and particular functions of punctuation is presented. The proposed description allows us to speak about the systemic nature of Pushkin’s non-canonical punctuation, in particular, about the patterns of distribution of punctuation marks. The changeable picture of punctuation in text makes it possible to form a more complete idea of the manuscript as an exponent of the creative process and provide a more comprehensive understanding of the rhythmic-syntactic composition and semantics of the text, both in its development and in the conditional final version.

  • Issue Year: 55/2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 79-98
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Russian