An important stage in the study of literature for each student is the passage of paths and various stylistic figures. First of all, the child’s performance and his ability to formulate and beautifully express his thoughts aloud and on paper depend on the ability to find and correctly use them in his speech, both verbal and written. In this article, we will consider in detail such a stylistic figure as asindeton, which in a more simplified version is called unionlessness.
Trails and figures
Before proceeding to the study of a specific figure of speech, let us explain what is the main difference between paths and figures. Often, students confuse these two groups of means of verbal expressiveness or do not see the difference between them at all.
A trope is a word or phrase used in a figurative meaning to draw attention to the figurativeness of the language and to strengthen one or another property of an object or action, thereby giving the speech some artistry.
A figure is a stylistic device that was initially addressed specifically to the syntactic organization of a sentence. This technique also brings figurative thinking into the speech, giving its unique charm.
Thus, comparing these two definitions, we can conclude that the paths are the means of expressiveness, which are addressed directly to the words and their semantic load, and the figures are the means of expressiveness, addressed to the principle of constructing the sentence and its general view from the outside.
Definition
Asindeton is a stylistic figure in which some conjunctions connecting homogeneous members of a sentence are omitted in the construction of speech. Thanks to this, the text itself becomes more dynamic, rhythmic, although a little rough and sharp. Asindeton is a technique used in the literature to give more expressiveness and liveliness to phrases. In spoken language, insolence sounds like an enumeration of something.
Examples of using
Unionlessness is often used in literature, especially often in poetic form. Here are some examples of use in Russian literature.
For example, A.S. Pushkin:
Swede, Russian tunes, cuts, cuts, Drum fight, clicks, rattle.
Another example from the work of Ivan Bunin:
Matorin was then young, strong, gray-red, with a clean-shaven chin, with red tanks, cut to half.
The opposite of asindeton is polysindeton, also called multi-union. However, we will analyze it another time.
We hope that this article was useful and understandable to you. Now you have learned the new literary term, the purpose of its use, and also understood that asindeton in literature is one of the most important tools that many poets and writers have used.