Specific Features of Symbolist Metaphor Communicative Function
An overview related to opuses of Feodor Sologub, a symbolist writer, who is very popular in Russia as well as over the world, is made in this paper. The paper’s main task is a study of Christmas story specificity. Two histories of two personages as parallel narrative structures are considered. A close-up view of fable features related to Sologub´s prose are shown. In this story reflections about Christmas miracle are combined with analysis related to sincere and spiritual orders of central personages. The methodological connection between symbolism and classicism is established in this paper. This feature of Russian symbolism is noted for the first time in literary criticism. In the center of paper author’s attention is an originality of a symbolist meta- phor which is considered not only as tracks but also as a communication element between heroes of the story.