Анотація:
The article analyses the functioning of tautological phrases and comparative constructions in Panteleimon Kulish’s historical drama «Baida, Prince of Vyshnevetsky» and novel «Chorna Rada» («The Black Council»), which was included in the canon of Ukrainian literature. It is stated that tautological phrases and comparative constructions, the skill of their selection, the peculiarities of the use of these elements become perhaps the brightest markers of idiostyle, as these tools are mostly connotatively colored, and therefore always rise above the lexical field of neutrality, which attracts more attention.