Abstract:
Aim: The aim of the course paper is to study diverse language means employed in
modern English fiction discourse to evoke and express the complex emotion of fear. Tasks: To achieve the research aim, the following tasks will be undertaken:
1) to analyze existent approaches to the study of language means of manifesting
emotions in fictional discourse, with a specific emphasis on fear;
2) to present an inventory of language means that can manifest fear in modern
fiction;
3) to study the specifics of expressing emotion of fear in modern English fiction
discourse; 4) to analyze the lexical-stylistic means employed by authors to convey fear within
the context of modern fiction discourse;
5) identify the pragmatic appeal of language means of expressing fear in modern
fiction;
7) identify the strategies for conveying fear in modern English fiction discourse.
