FEARS AND SCARY NARRATIVES OF CHILDREN IN THE ERA OF THE INTERNET

(Discussion based on the materials of the defense of T. A. Mirvoda’s PhD thesis “Poetics of a modern children’s “scary” narrative in oral tradition and the Internet”)Within the framework of the conversation, the article discusses psychological background of the emergence and existence of scary stories in the modern online space which are being accompanied with audio-visual objects and ritual practices, which on a par with the oral folk art of similar themes form the network mythology of horrors (the creepypasta). The principles of genre stratification of children’s «scary» narrative folklore and the creation of a corresponding index of characters and plots, as well as the differentiation of scary stories and evocations, proposed in the dissertation research by T. A. Mirvoda, are highlighted.

GOTHIC TRADITION IN LITERATURE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF INTERMEDIAL ANALYSIS

The article is devoted to the insufficiently studied problem of using intermedial analysis for studying the Gothic tradition in the literature of Russian symbolism (on the example of V. Brusov’s and F. Sologub’s works). We focus our attention on transition a visual image or a medieval art motive from one sign system to another. We analyze how medieval cultural categories correspond to the chronotope and figurative system in the Gothic novels of the 18th - early 19th century. It is concluded that the Symbolists refer to the visual images of the Gothic novel not only as elements of tradition, but also as categories of the culture of the Middle Ages.

«COMMENTATOR» AS AN ORGANIZER OF A COMMUNICATIVE EVENT IN ASYA VOLOSHINA›S PLAY «GOGOL›S OVERCOAT»

The article is devoted to the problem of a communicative event in the drama. In the study, the text of the play is considered as a space of interaction between the minds of the author, reader and hero. The author of the article proves that one of the conditions for organizing a communicative event is the emergence of a “commentator” - a stage directions subject, and the result is the detection of specific ethical and value positions of the modern playwright and their reader. The work defines the features of the «commentator» which their role as an organizer of a communicative event depends on. The research material is the play by the Petersburg playwright Asya Voloshina «Gogol’s Overcoat» and the performances of the Nahum Orlov Drama Theatre (Chelyabinsk) and the St. Petersburg theater «TSEKH».

DIALOGICAL LINGUISTICS IN RUSSIA: THE HISTORY OF FORMATION AND THE CURRENT STATUS

The article is an outline of the development of Dialogical Linguistics in Russia. It represents its milestones of formation and the current state. Dialogical Linguistics is considered to be an integral linguistic branch, claiming the status of a distinct «research program» and comprises such sections as follows: Linguistics of Dialogical Text, Linguistic Theory of Replication, Interactional Theory of Dialogue, General Theory of Dialogue. In the final part of the article, the principles of dialogical modeling of linguistic objects are being formulated.

NOVEL “ASPHALT” BY E. GRISHKOVETZ: THE PROBLEM OF SELF-REALIZATION OF THE PERSONALITY

The article considers the main directions of artistic research of the central problem of E. Grishkovetz’s novel «Asphalt» - genuine self-realization, contradictions between the external canvas of the life of a «successful person» and the absence of a true meaningful filling of it, corresponding to the deep internal needs of the individual. Three important aspects of comprehension the declared problem have been identified - dramatic, tragic and comic. The type of a «hero of our time» presented in the novel «Asphalt» is analyzed in relation to the traditions of the prose of writers - «forty-year-olds» and the «ambivalent» hero characteristic of their work.

MOSCOW CHURCHES IN THE LIFE OF N. V. GOGOL’

From the writer’s letters, materials from his notebooks, as well as from the memoirs of contemporaries, Moscow churches are described, which he visited during his stay in the “ancient capital”. The article also provides historical and local history information about these temples, describes their appearance and current state. From the writer’s letters, materials from his notebooks, as well as from the memoirs of contemporaries, Moscow churches are described, which he visited during his stay in the “ancient capital”. The article also provides historical and local history information about these temples, describes their appearance and current state.

MESSAGES TO URBI ET ORBI: ARMENIAN COMPONENT IN THE LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPE OF MOSCOW

The paper offers a communicative analysis of signs and texts of Armenian component in the linguistic landscape of Moscow. It aims to highlight the functions of Armenian signs and texts. There are mastered Armenian names in the onomasticon of Moscow; Armenian characters are present on several city objects. Duplicated in Russian or English, the messages are addressed to urbi et orbi - the residents of the city, native speakers of Armenian and Russian, to migrants from Armenia, to guests of the Western Diaspora; they help them to “get in touch” with the city. The Armenian alphabet on several objects of the city has a symbolic function. Signs of a dynamic landscape serve to maintain contact and express solidarity. The paper focuses on the problems of language contacts in a modern megalopolis, preservation functions of a minority language in the environment of a dominant one.

CHAOS WITHOUT COSMOS (ON THE POEM BY O. E. MANDELSTAM “TELL ME, DESERT DRAFTSMAN…”)

In the article there is carried out a structural-semantic analysis of Mandelstam’s poem “Tell me, Desert Draftsman…”. Interpretation of a number of mysterious fragments is suggested. In particular, this concerns “Judaic troubles”. We argue that in this context they are connected with the motif of scattering because of the wind activity. We also find interlingual interference between Russian and French. Its meaning is related to the motifs of mutual metamorphosis and inseparability of entities typical of primary chaos. The key feature of the world embodied in the poem consists in the impossibility of unambiguous separation to opposite entities such as creator and destroyer, creation and annihilation, linear and cyclic processes, etc. In this case, no cosmos creates from chaos, the world remains “not embodied”.

THE LANGUAGE OF IMAGES IN THE SHORT STORY «THE LIGHTINING OF ILLUMANING WORDS» BY V. A. NIKIFOROV-VOLGIN

This paper studies literary images connected with the main theme of V. A. Nikiforov- Volgin’s story «Lightning of illumaning words» - dedicated to the subject of Church Slavonic language. The author’s text is filled with metaphors and similes related to the liturgical language of the Church. Imagery used as a means of expression can be found in both Church Slavonic chants cited by the characters and the narrator’s speech. Their basic purpose is to emphasize the esthetic aspect of Church Slavonic words. The literary images used for this purpose include lightning, light, jewels, gold, silver, water, weave, or a flower.

MUSIC OF THOUGHT OF S. KIERKEGAARD

This article analyzes the essay «Either-or» by the Danish thinker S. Kierkegaard. The musicality is an important feature of this work. The author attempts to combine the languages of music and prose, and a unique philosophical and literary text is born on the border of two types of art. Kierkegaard considered Mozart’s opera «Don Giovanni» as the pinnacle of musical creativity. Through the character of Don Juan, the philosopher recreates the type of aesthetic personality in the spirit of romanticism and shows the vulnerability of the romantic worldview. «Either-or» includes works written in different genres and reflecting opposing attitudes in life. This feature of narration can be compared with the phenomenon of polyphonism in music.