Anti-War Speech in Religious Preaching (On the Material of the Novels "Keys of the Kingdom" by Archibald Joseph Cronin (1941) and "The Power and the Glory" by Graham Greene (1940))
The central aim of the article is to carry out a comparative analysis of linguistic means in the anti-war speeches of the heroes-clergymen in the novels “The power and the glory” by Graham Greene and “Keys of the Kingdom” by Archibald Joseph Cronin. The article emphasizes both the authors use of monologues of their main characters to express the authors attitudes toward socio-political events of the time. Particular attention is paid to religious, philosophical and biographical aspects of the work of these notable British writers. In addition, considered are such linguistic concepts as “confessional linguistic personality” and “preaching”, as well as the representation of these concepts in literary works of the twentieth century. The results of the professional speech analysis within literary spheres show the relevance of this work. The undertaken study helps to understand the aesthetic and artistic specificity of the literary language and expressive contrast in these two literary works and highlights the essence of the dialogue between the writer and the reader.