Linguistic stylistic "paths" in a passage to India

Abstract

Our attempt at analyzing E.M. Forster’s stylistic role and contribution as a forerunner of the stream of consciousness techniques at text level intends to demonstrate a parallel image, i.e., the demonstration of the fact that the assembling of stylistic functions in the literary discourse creates a complex network of linguistic mechanisms, irrespective of the perspective of analysis essence. Linguistic or literary currents or movements hardly appear all of a sudden on the international stage at a certain moment. They are, as a rule, the result of the joint work which develops during a very long time interval, the forerunners realizing the transition of truths of the past into surprises of the future.