Arturo Perez-Reverte's Column: the Author’s Voice as the Main Factor of Influence

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Veronica M. Sokolova

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor at the Chair of Media Linguistics, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: veronikasokol@yandex.ru
Elena V. Koreneva

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor at the Chair of Spanish, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: arco2001@yandex.ru

Section: Foreign Journalism

The article focuses on the characteristic features of the author's column by the Spanish writer and journalist Arturo Perez-Reverte. A detailed analysis of his texts reveals the “common territory” of the author's works of fiction and journalism. An author’s column as a hybrid genre is seen as an ideal field for creative experiments and techniques that make it possible to expand the possibilities of this genre and attract new readers at the same time. It is proved that ethos is not only the main rhetorical resource of the column, but also the key to its understanding, since it is in the ethos that the main themes, ideas and style are reflected. The headlines of the articles in columns and collections show an increase in the author's intents. The author uses the rhetorical techniques as a means to create his unique style, which allows him both to win the trust of his readers and develop their mental independence.

Keywords: op-ed journalism, author's column, ethos, hybrid genre, rhetorical devices, style
DOI: 10.30547/vestnik.journ.5.2020.98126

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