Role of Stylistic Means in Creation of Theatre Reviews Multifunctionality

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Margarita M. Gruzdeva

Lecturer at the Chair of Stylistics of the Russian Language, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: mar-gruzdeva@yandex.ru

Section: Media Language

The article is devoted to the linguistic features of contemporary theatre review characterized by genre transformation. It is connected with the expansion and the complication of theatre review functions. Language tools used for successful imple­mentation of various functions in theatre review are considered in the article. Fac­tors affecting stylistics of the genre are also singled out. The issues associated with the interaction of mass media and advertising are also touched in the article.

Keywords: theatrical discourse, theatre review, multifunctioning, transformation of the review genre, stylistic means