Linguopoetics of A.P. Chekhov: ensemble of artistic details. Part 1
- DOI
- 10.5922/pikbfu-2023-3-5
- Pages
- 48-56
Abstract
The universally recognized position in both Russian and global Chekhov studies is that the artistic detail, as a linguistic-poetic device, micro-image, a means of conveying factual/conceptual/subtextual information, is a particularly significant feature of Chekhov's idiolect. The aim of this article is to identify and describe the linguistic-poetic techniques of introducing details into the text, their actualization or elimination, the evolution of meanings, and the functions of illustrative details. The analysis is conducted on the material of Chekhov's story "The Teacher of Literature." The main focus of the study is the linguistics of creating an ensemble of external and psychological details, symbolic details, and transposing details in each of the two narrative blocks of the story. Special attention is given to the analysis of the formation and functioning of transposing details, i. e., details in their contextually conditioned semantic and functional evolution. The application of a comprehensive research methodology, combining functional-semantic, contextual, and interpretational types of analysis, allows for the conclusion about the dominant role of diverse artistic details in shaping and explicating the content-conceptual information of Chekhov's story "The Teacher of Literature."