Stylistic expressive means of the language are phonetic, lexical, phraseological and syntactical forms that exist in the language as a system for the purpose of logical and emotional intensification of the utterance [1, 93]. These intensifying forms, wrought by social usage and recognized by their semantic function, have been singled out in textbooks as having special functions in making the utterances emphatic. Stylistic expressive means and stylistic devices introduce connotational (stylistic, non-denotative) meanings into utterances. According to the principles of their formation, stylistic devices are grouped into phonetic, lexico-semantic and syntactic types.

Reviewing conference materials, in addition to informing, involves evaluating the collection as a book that represents the scientific coverage of the stated topics now. The book requires integrity, and therefore, the principle (more often principles) of systematization of parts (articles) within it. In the collection under consideration, thematic, chronological and national ones are selected. The articles in the collection are arranged in three sections (they are not singled out in any way): first 12 theoretical, then 25 somehow related to comparative literature, and the last 6 are devoted to the problems of the development of the literatures of Lithuania, Germany, France, Georgia, Poland from the XVI to the ХХ century.