PECULIARITIES IN THE USE OF THE ASPECTS OF VERBS AND CONVERBS IN THE WORKS OF M.A. SHOLOKHOV IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER RUSSIAN WRITERS OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY TO FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY (ON THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF M.A. SHOLOKHOV)

DOI: 10.24412/2470-1262-2024-1-51-72

 

Abstract: Our goal is to find out the peculiarity of aspect relationships regarding verbs and converbs in the works of M.A. Sholokhov in comparison with 11 famous Russian writers of the first half of the 19th century to first half of the 20th century. We consider the frequency of location of perfect verbs (PV), imperfective verbs (IPV), perfect converbs (PCON), imperfect converbs (IPCON) and direct speech the constructions (DSC). The results of the research on the frequency of use of PV, IPV, PCON, IPCON show that in the works of 11 writers there is a bias in the place where PV, IPV, PCON, IPCON are used, but in that of M. A. Sholokhov they are used equally near and far from DSC and are placed symmetrically: the place close to DSC is occupied by PV and IPCON, and the place distant from DSC is the IPV and PCON. And our analysis of 20 of Sholokhov’s works reveals that the symmetrical use of verbs and converbs with respect to aspect is consistent throughout Sholokhov’s works. The analysis results of this paper provide new evidence that the alleged plagiarism regarding “Tikhij Don” (“And Quiet Flows the Don”) is wrong.

Keywords: M. A. Sholokhov, figure, aspect, five positions of V, CON, DSC, close location of V and CON to DSC, distant location of V and CON from DSC, symmetry effect, Sholokhov’s authorship

 

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Information about the Author:

Kitajo Mitsushi (Kyoto, Japan) – Ph.D. The owner of the Medal of Pushkin (Russian Federation National Award), professor, Head of the department of European languages, Faculty of foreign studies, Kyoto Sangyo University.

e-mail: kitajo@cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp

 

For citation: Mitsushi Kitajo. (2024).

Peculiarities in the use of the Aspects of Verbs and Converbs in the Works of M.A. Sholokhov in Comparison with other Russian Writers of the First Half of the 19th Century to First Half of the 20th Century (on the 40th Anniversary of the Death of M.A. Sholokhov).

Cross-Cultural Studies: Education and Science,

Vol. 9, Issue 1 (2024), pp. 51-72 (in USA)

Manuscript received 20/02/2024

Accepted for publication: 25/03/2024