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Representation of Images of the Water Element in the Autobiographical Prose by M. A. Osorgin

Abstract

   The article is devoted to the study of the semantic and value realization of the images of the water element in the autobiographical prose of M. A. Osorgin, the writer's actualization of the conceptual space of memory with the help of images of a large Russian river and springs, which formed the free and independent inner world of the autobiographical hero and allowed him to remain a «simple» and «original middle-Russian, from the deep interior of Russia» person in all his wanderings of emigration.

   The relevance of the research is determined both by the object of study itself (water is one of the fundamental elements of the universe, the phenomenon of which determines the supposed inexhaustibility of meanings  and reflections), and by the search for new aspects of studying the artistic space of the autobiographical prose of the first wave of Russian emigration.

   The study is based on an integrated approach, including the use of historical-biographical, historical-literary, descriptive-analytical methods. It has been established that for M. A. Osorgin the memories of childhood, of his origins, his beginnings of life are inextricably linked with two main, fundamental artistic images of the water element. One of them is «the spring», the other is «the great Russian river Kama», on the banks of which the writer spent his childhood and adolescence. The artistic images of the element of water in the autobiographical prose of M. A. Osorgin are analyzed; their individual author’s content that is correlated with the general cultural content of the concept is determined. It is shown that in the M. A. Osorgin's artistic world «spring water» and «river water» are the most important images that play a meaning-forming and plot-forming role, semantically associated with ideas about the spiritual life of a person, his origins and destiny. It is proved that images of the water element implement not only semantic, but also axiological possibilities, reflecting both the own characteristics of the subject of the artistic image and the features of idiostyle of the writer.

About the Authors

N. S. Stepanova
Southwest State University
Russian Federation

Nadezhda S. Stepanova, Dr. of Sci. (Philological), Associate Professor, Head of the Department

Department of Russian Language and General Educational Disciplines for Foreign Citizens

305040

50 Let Oktyabrya Str., 94

Kursk

AuthorID: 443149



N. V. Lymar
Southwest State University
Russian Federation

Natalya V. Lymar, Post-Graduate Student

Department of Russian Language and General Educational Disciplines for Foreign Citizens

305040

50 Let Oktyabrya Str., 94

Kursk



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Stepanova N.S., Lymar N.V. Representation of Images of the Water Element in the Autobiographical Prose by M. A. Osorgin. Proceedings of the Southwest State University. Series: Linguistics and Pedagogy. 2022;12(3):119-129. (In Russ.)

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