| Summary: | Purpose. Despite the existence of massive scientific literature devoted to paradox this phenomenon does not seem to have received sufficient linguistic coverage. The purpose of the article is to describe stylistic mechanisms underlying paradoxical statements. The investigation was carried out on the material collected from the fairy tales by O. Wilde, the distinguished master of paradoxes.
Methodology. The investigation is based on the methods of stylistic identification, classification and description, as well as contextual analysis.
Results. The article treats paradox not only as a logical, but also as a linguistic category. Among stylistic markers of paradoxes personification, hyperbole, irony, antithesis and contrast are analyzed. Attempts are made to prove that these stylistic devices are paradoxical by their nature. The article considers varieties of paradoxical statements spawned by each of them in the fairy tales by O. Wilde.
Practical applications. The results of the investigation can be employed at lectures and practical classes in Theory of literature and English stylistics.
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