THE FEATURES OF PRECEDENT PHENOMENON AND ITS TYPES IN A LITERARY TEXT

Abstract

This article is devoted to study the problem of precedent text within the theory of “intertextuality” and to classify the main types of precedent phenomena in a literary text. One of the main aims of the article is to demonstrate how the precedent text function in literary texts as a case study. Various illustrations from different sources are provided to claim that different types of precedent phenomenon are given in literary texts, folklore genres to express the social group perception. An attempt is driven to show how the precedent phenomenon in a literary text can reflect the social worldview of people from different cultures to comprehend a certain situation.

Key words: precedent text, precedent name, precedent statement, precedent situation,  intertextuality, typology, attribution, allusion,  aphorism, citation, linguoculturology.

Keywords

precedent text,, precedent name, precedent statement