autocommunication

The present article continues and develops the topic of the article “A Silent Scene in view of the speech genre theory”. The phenomenon of an inner silent scene (ISC) remarkably enhances the autocommunicative dynamism of inner speech. The basis for an ISC can be seen in critical moments within our verbal and thinking activities – new inner and outer signals causing more or less meaningful reorientation of our attention.

The article verifies the hypothesis that Leo Tolstoy’s diary has the form of a hidden dialogue of the writer with various subjects: with himself, with third parties, with God. Dialogue is understood as a form of individual development. The article determines that Leo Tolstoy’s diary represents a program of self-improvement, which is achieved through goal-setting and self-assessment. In the traditional perception of the diary genre, entries are interpreted as a form of autocommunication, carried out for the purpose of self-identification of the individual.