scholarly journals “Gogol’s text” in the plays by N. Kolyada (the poem “Dead souls” and the comedy “The Inspector”)

2020 ◽  
pp. 133-147
Author(s):  
V. Yu. Bal ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Field ◽  
Moral Issues ◽  
Medieval Drama ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Russian People ◽  
Character System ◽  
Last Judgment ◽  
Dead Souls ◽  
Vivid Description

The paper discusses the theatrical remakes of Gogol’s works: the comedy “The Inspector” and the poem “Dead Souls.” Considering the creative interpretation of N. Kolyada, both per-formances are related to the actualization of the Last Judgment themes – judgment and retri-bution, sin and repentance. Such an approach allows for a more vivid description of existen-tial and national problems in performances N. Kolyada. It is concluded that N. Kolyada differently adapts Gogol’s works for his performances. In the case of “The Inspector,” Kolyada uses the elements of theatrical language (attributes of the stage space, costumes, music) to mainstream opposition “purity – dirt” and “righteousness – sin,” the oppositions that allow identifying the situation of the imaginary and real Inspector. When being staged, the poem “Dead Souls” changes its nature of the genre with the dramatization – the epic begin-ning is transformed under the influence of medieval drama traditions. In the performance, the plot of the Last Judgment changes the character system: Korobochka and Chichikov, first of all. The sentimental finale of the Last Judgment reveals in Korobochka the ability to love and becomes the key to the revitalization of her soul. The metonymic correlation of Korobochka with the entire Russian people determines the transformation of the image of Chichikov. Kolyada highlights in Chichikov not entrepreneurial obsequiousness, but a sense of contempt for the Russian people: he calls it “dubinogolovy.” An ontological issue related to the ma-nipulation between life and death is removed from the semantic field of his image, but social and moral issues remain.

scholarly journals F.M. Dostoevsky and A.N. Ostrovsky in the process of learning about the people (1860s)

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 460-478
Author(s):  
Nadezhda G. Mikhnovets ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gradual Increase ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Common People ◽  
Russian People ◽  
The People ◽  
Last Judgment ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Common ◽  
The One ◽  
History Of Formation

The article examines the history of formation and development of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “soil concepts” in the 1860s in the light of his close attention to the work of Alexander Ostrovsky. Previously, researchers did not correlate the different positions of Ostrovsky and Dostoevsky in the writers’ shared process of the cognition of folk life. The main focus of the article is centered on revealing the dynamics of changes in Dostoevsky’s attitude towards the work of Ostrovsky: from the recognition of impartiality of the playwright’s portrayal of the Russian people to the belief of his misunderstanding of foundations of folk life and the conviction of the gradual increase in accusatory tones in its coverage, starting from the final resolution of the play Thunderstorm. The article identifies the areas of synchronicities and disagreements of the two writers from a problem-thematic standpoint. The work concludes that the main point of divergence in the writers’ understanding of the Russian people was, on the one hand, Dostoevsky’s certainty of the monolithic unity of the Russian people, anchored in the Orthodox faith, and, on the other, Ostrovsky’s idea that the fundamental crises of the mid-19th century encompass all strata of Russian society, without any exceptions. The idea of the significance of the Last Judgment in the life of the common people is identified as essential for Ostrovsky.

scholarly journals THE CONCEPT ‘TEA’ IN THE POEM ‘DEAD SOULS’ BY NIKOLAI GOGOL

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-85
Author(s):  
Ivan V. Burdin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Historical Context ◽  
Symbolic Meaning ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Semantic Field ◽  
Nikolai Gogol ◽  
The Road ◽  
Dead Souls ◽  
The Government ◽  
Tea Drinking

The article deals with the concept of ‘tea’ in the poem by Nikolai Gogol Dead Souls. The main representations of this concept in the poem are identified, its influence on the plot and the composition is determined, conclusions about the symbolic meaning of tea in Dead Souls are provided. Representations of the concept of ‘tea’ in the text of the poem are compared with the representations of the studied concept in other works by Gogol such as The Government Inspector, Nevsky Prospekt, The Portrait, The Nose, The Overcoat and others, which made it possible to draw a conclusion about the special role of tea in Dead Souls. The actualization of the studied concept in the text is compared with the literary and historical context, it is shown what Gogol’s innovativeness lies in, the features of the Gogol literary tea drinking are identified. In Dead Souls, the author pays special attention to treats, with the role of tea still being more significant than the role of other treats. Tea emphasizes the contrasts in the text, allows the author to make the grotesque brighter, illustrates the motive of the road, and serves as a vivid household detail. Key representations of the concept of ‘tea’ in the poem are: ‘an element of hospitality’, ‘an attribute of friendship’, ‘tea as a commodity’, ‘tea as an element of luxury’, ‘tea as part of alcohol culture’. Tea is inextricably connected with the key symbolic leitmotive of the work – the motive of the road. The representation of ‘tea as an attribute of travel’ brings the Gogol’s poem closer to other texts of Russian literature where tea is part of the semantic field ‘road’, and the path itself is endowed with a symbolic meaning.

scholarly journals THESAURUS MODELLING OF ENGLISH TERMINOLOGY OF SPORT (SEMANTIC FIELD “FOOTBALL”)

2021 ◽  
pp. 25-30
Author(s):  
Ирина Игоревна Жучкова
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
English Language ◽  
Semantic Relations ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Semantic Field ◽  
Russian People ◽  
Semiotic Theory ◽  
The Way

Обнаружено, что в спортивном дискурсе англоязычных стран существуют специализированные понятия, которые не совпадают полностью по значению с русскими терминами. Это приводит к сложностям, которые препятствуют пониманию и правильному использованию спортивной терминологии. Цель проводимого исследования заключается в систематизации англоязычной футбольной терминологии с помощью тезаурусного подхода, предполагающего конструирование семантических полей и выявление информационно-семиотической природы изучаемой терминологии. В первой части работы подробно описывается методика конструирования тезауруса английской спортивной терминологии и обосновывается выбор информационно-семиотического подхода в качестве основы исследования. Во второй части исследования конструируется семантическое поле «Football» с наглядной схемой семантических отношений. Исследование показало, что в футбольном дискурсе не существует изолированных понятий, все исследуемые термины связаны друг с другом сетью иерархических, синонимических, вариативных и ассоциативных отношений. Более того, выявление информационно-семиотической природы английской футбольной терминологии не только способствовало разграничению нюансов в значении спортивных терминов, но и позволило наглядно проиллюстрировать связь терминов внутри поля посредством построения схем. Полученные результаты могут быть использованы в процессе профессиональной подготовки специалистов-лингвистов, учителей физической культуры, а также спортсменов, изучающих английский язык. Within the English discourse of sport there are many special concepts that do not coincide in meaning with Russian terms. As a result, Russian people learning the English language do not understand the meaning of English sports terms and are confused in their use. The current research is aimed at systematizing English discourse of sport, and namely its football terminology, and revealing the semiotic structure of terms within it via thesaurus modelling of terms related to this discourse. In the first part of the work there is a description of the way the English thesaurus of sports terms was constructed. In addition, the author explains why the semiotic theory was chosen as the basis for this research. In the second part of the work the author presented a semantic field for the term football with a visual scheme of semantic relations. The research showed that there are no isolated terms in football discourse and all terms are connected with each other through hierarchic, synonymic, variance and associative relations. Moreover, systematizing terms via the thesaurus approach could help not only differenciate the nuances in meaning of sports terms but also illustrate the relations among these terms due to the constructed schemes. The achieved results can be used for the vocational training of students majoring in linguistics, sports, and Physical Education teachers.

“Poem about Tsar Family” in Marina Tsvetaeva’s Works and Life

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 118-125
Author(s):  
Tatiana I. Radomskaya
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Russian History ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Russian People ◽  
Marina Tsvetaeva ◽  
Prophetic Vision ◽  
History Of

The article examines peculiar features of historic realism in the work of Marina Tsvetaeva, based on her prophetic vision of Russian history. The article deals with the history of one of Tsvetaeva’s works – the “Poem about Tsar Family” (1917–1920): the author investigates the documentary materials, which were important for Tsvetaeva, such as episodes from Tsveataeva’s diary and published letters of Empress Alexandra Fedorovna. The article presents an analysis of the poetics of the poem, which sometimes is similar to the poetics of sermons by famous Russian bishop of the seventeenth century – Dimitry of Rostov. The author of the article argues that Marina Tsvetaeva was one of the first to describe the life and death of the Tsar family as a sacrifice for the Russian people.

The Ethics of Life and Death

1985 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 603-611
Author(s):  
John J. Haldane
Keyword(s):  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Moral Issues ◽  
Moral Intuitions ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
The Public ◽  
Moral Problems

Moral Philosophy begins with moral intuitions and then, by arguments, either confirms or refutes them. There was a time, not so very long ago, when it was not thought to be so. For, until recently it was the orthodoxy that philosophers qua philosophers ought not to concern themselves with actual moral problems, but should instead only analyse and produce theories of the language of ethics.2 Those bad days are gone, and a mark of their passing is the frequent involvement of philosophers in the public debate of social and moral issues.

scholarly journals The ideas of F. M. Dostoyevsky in the work of Mikhail Prishvin “The Story of Our Time”

2020 ◽  
pp. 34-49
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Modestovich Podoksenov
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Soviet Society ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Semantic Field ◽  
Revolutionary Movement ◽  
Russian People ◽  
Great Patriotic War ◽  
Christian Love ◽  
Life Itself ◽  
The Subject

The subject of this article consists in analysis of the influence of Dostoevsky’s religious-ethical ideas upon the works of Prishvin; as well as in studying the historical and cultural context of his views on possibility on realization of the ideals of Christian love in Soviet society, even in the conditions of militant atheism and violence of the ongoing Great Patriotic War. It is demonstrated that for revealing that substantive essences of reality Prishvin uses various concepts, which is testified by a range of the relevant worldview ideas present in the semantic field of this texts. Comparing the assessments given by Dostoyevsky and Prishvin with regards to revolutionary movement, the author determines metatext, which allows better understanding Prishvin’s apprehension of main trends in the development of social existence and awareness of his time. The scientific novelty consists in analysis of the context of Prishvin’s reasoning on the ways for overcoming spiritual disunity of the Russian society, in which the Orthodox worldview of a significant part of population collides with the ideology of Bolshevism. Through the artistic being of his characters, the writer elucidates how at the time of Fascist invasion, the life itself demonstrates the triumph of Orthodox faith, to which the Russian people hold true despite the pressure of a harsh atheist state.

scholarly journals “Russian people” in the literature and documents of the 19th century: an experience of linguistic portraiture

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-71
Author(s):  
L. N. Sahakyan ◽  
O. I. Severskaya
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Semantic Field ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Russian People ◽  
Research Material ◽  
Political Concept ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Documentary Literature ◽  
National Corpus

The article describes the ideologeme “Russian people” and its use in the texts of fiction and documentary literature of the 19th century. The authors explored both the socio-political concept “'Russian people” and its verbalization in Russian. The research material included examples from the Russian National Corpus, which were analysed using corpus, content-analytical and cognitive methods. This research aims to identify and to characterise the con­cept “Russian people”. The authors argue that it was in the 19th century that the concept “Russian people” evolved into a term and the image of Russian people was mythologized. The authors concluded that the concept “Russian people” is composed of two parts — ‘ordinary people’ and ‘society’. The latter behaves in a fatherly way, taking upon itself the mission of enlightenment of ordinary people and their liberation. In the semantic field “Russian people” there are numerous semantic components directly related to the concept analysed: faith, faith­fulness, patience, tolerance, understanding, receptivity, openness, simple-mindedness, juve­nility, etc. The authors consider the moral and intellectual qualities of Russian people, which are dialectical and ambivalent. The authors explore these characteristics of Russian people from the standpoint of the dichotomy own vs. alien. The analysis shows that after the abolition of serfdom in 1861, the image of Russian people undergoes significant changes under the in­fluence of social processes.

Friends in Life and Death

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard T. Vann ◽  
David Eversley
Keyword(s):  
Life And Death
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