LINGUISTIC REDUNDANCY AS A POETICS OF THE ORDINARY IN ERIC ROHMER'S «THE GREEN RAY»

Authors

  • Kateryna Honchar Master Student at Department of Romanic Philology Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine) 14 Taras Shevchenko Blvd., Kyiv, Ukraine, 0160 , Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17721/2663-6530.2025.48.12

Keywords:

linguistic redundancy, poetics of the everyday, phatic communication, speech strategies, communicative paradoxes

Abstract

The article analyzes the linguistic strategies in Eric Rohmer's film, focusing on the phenomenon of linguistic redundancy as artistic means of expressing existential themes. The study reveals how E.Rohmer uses linguistic redundancy not just as a stylistic device, but as a powerful tool for conveying the internal state of the characters and their existential quest. The author analyzes how pauses, repetitions, incomplete sentences, and phatic communication become the means of expressing psychological tension and the impossibility of real communication. The theoretical basis of the research is based on the concepts of Roman Jakobson (phatic function of language), Roland Barthes (banalité signifiante) and Maurice Blanchot (speech of everyday life), which allows us to better understand how the linguistic redundancy in the film reflects contemporary communicative paradoxes. Particular attention is paid to the way E. Rohmer transforms seemingly ordinary dialogues into complex psychological constructions. The article emphasizes the relevance of this issue in the modern world, where communication is often reduced to formal exchanges of phrases, and genuine dialogue becomes a deficit.

References

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Jakobson, R. (1960). Closing Statement: Linguistics and Poetics. Cambridge: MIT Press.

Rohmer, É. (2021). Atypical Depictions of the Ordinary. Paris: «Films in Frame».

Rohmer, É. (1986). The Green Ray. France: Les Films du Losange.

Serceau, M. (1994). Éric Rohmer and the Others. Paris: L’Harmattan.

Published

2025-10-07

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Articles

How to Cite

Honchar, K. (2025). LINGUISTIC REDUNDANCY AS A POETICS OF THE ORDINARY IN ERIC ROHMER’S «THE GREEN RAY». PROBLEMS OF SEMANTICS, PRAGMATICS AND COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS, 1(48), 151-157. https://doi.org/10.17721/2663-6530.2025.48.12