Hyperbole as a means of expressing the semantics of extremes in the artistic space of F.M. Dostoevsky's works

Klyushina A. M.

This article is devoted to the characteristic features of the use of hyperbole to express the semantics of extreme in the works of F. M. Dostoevsky. It is revealed that Dostoevsky's personosphere is characterized by a high frequency of manifestation of the conceptual category of extreme in different spheres. The stylistic device of hyperbole is actively involved in the transmission of the semantics of extreme. The author of the article systematizes the linguistic means of expressing hyperbole to convey the semantics of extreme.

Keywords:semantics of extreme, hyperbole, F. M. Dostoevsky, functional-semantic category, exaggeration, understatement