Research

Natalia Markovna Shcharenskaya

Associate Professor

Institute of Philology, Journalism, and Intercultural Communication

Degree: Candidate of Sciences

Research interests:

Natalia Markovna Shcharenskaya, associate professor of the Russian language department, SFU.

Graduated from the philological faculty of RSU in 1990.

In 1999 completed a candidate’s thesis “About the history of Russian philological terminology: tropes and figures”

In 2010 obtained a degree of associate professor

The scope of scientific interests is language and style of Anton Chekhov, Nikolay Gogol, rhetoric, history of rhetoric, stylistics.

Has 77 scientific and methodological works.

Among them are monographies and articles of history of rhetoric, Anton Chekhov’s and Nikolay Gogol’s language.

Monographies:

“Of Images”. The first philological work in ancient Russia. Text, comments, dictionary of tropes and figures. Published in Rostov Pedagogical University. Rostov on Don, 1995, 44 p. (In collaboration with prof. G.G. Khazagerov)
Greek-Byzantine tradition in Russian Rhetoric: Treatise “Of Images”. Published by Flinta: Nauka, Moscow, 2004, 250 p.
Life in a metaphorical mirror: The story “My Life” by A. Chekhov. Published by SFU, Rostov on Don, 2016

Teaching:

general rhetoric
The course _General rhetoric_ explores persuasive speech, aims at giving the knowledge and skills in its preparation and delivery. The course dwells much on topical argument and argumentation, topics are studied as instruments for finding the speech content and developing arguments. Studying argumentation includes both types of arguments and rhetorical devices aiding persuasion. Speech composition is viewed as positioning its content blocks, the possible order of arguments in speech is studied. An important part of the course is elocutio, the capacity of stylistic figures in reaching clarity, emotionality of speech and communicative effects. The course includes a workshop on inventio, or finding the speech content, and on speech delivery.
stylistics and standard of speech
The course _Stylistics and Standard of speech_ is based on understanding style as a rhetorical model, thus pushing the boundaries of traditional functional stylistics. Style is viewed upon as a means of individualizing speech behavior and creating a personal language portrait. As stylistics is focused on the speaker, the course studies rhetorical schemes of elocutio. The course supposes studying both styles of epochs and individuals, as well as stylization workshops.