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REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF A POETICAL TRADITION: FOREIGN INCLUSIONS AS A LITERARY DEVICE (stylistic aspect)

Scottish alliterative poetry, which can be regarded as a regional variety and at the same time the final step in the evolution of the alliterative tradition in England and Scotland, was composed in the second half of the 15th century, the period that marked the gradual decline of the tradition. In Scotland the alliterative verse was mainly employed for ironic or satirical purpose. The Buke of Howlat by Richard Holland, the earliest Scottish poem, can provide an example of using alliterative style in allegory and parody. The paper deals with how elements of a foreign language, as well as imitation of foreign speech can be employed as a literary device. By means of abracadabra, imitating the sounding of Scottish Gaelic, parody of Seanchas, or Gaelic genealogy, and the wrong transmission of Gaelic terms of poetry, the author creates a caricature on a Gaelic poet and the ancient oral Celtic poetical tradition, which was unjustly neglected by early Scottish writers.