LINGUAL MEANS OF THE INTERTEXTUALITY AND PRECEDENCY OF THE STREAM-OF-CONSCIOUSNESS POETRY (in Kenneth Koch poem “Sleeping with Women”)

Abstract

Introduction. The article focuses on the intertextual specificity of the lingual means of intertextual and precedent categories in stream-of-consciousness facet of K. Koch poetic text “Sleeping with Women”. The relevance of the research is seen in studying various forms of above mentioned categories’ embodiment within postmodern poetry, ways of author's attitude, worldview, etc.

The purpose. The paper aims at the studying of the aesthetic and organizing functions of intertextual and precedent signs within the poem of fragmentary discourse.

Methods. Identification of the features of stream-of-consciousness’ poetry and the most productive means of realization of intertextuality and precedency along with description of the forms of their verbalization and functional features is possible due to applying the distributive, functional, stylistic and descriptive methods of analysis.

Results. The most productive means of realization of intertextuality and precedency are precedent / intertextual names, situations, texts, and even quotations. They predominantly take universal and national precedent levels of precedency. Proper names are the means of space and
temporal determination of the text. They function at the same time as sense-forming phenomena.