Coloratives in the System of Narrative Discourse Strategies of L.N. Tolstoy (Based on the Novel “Resurrection”) Cover Image

Колоративы в системе дискурсивных стратегий повествования Л.Н. Толстого (на материале романа «Воскресение»)
Coloratives in the System of Narrative Discourse Strategies of L.N. Tolstoy (Based on the Novel “Resurrection”)

Author(s): Elena Masolova
Subject(s): Russian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет
Keywords: coloratives; color and light naming; semantics of coloratives; discourse strategies; distinctive function; descriptive function; prospective function; color code; L.N. Tolstoy; novel “Resurrection";

Summary/Abstract: The paper is devoted to identification of color and light naming (coloratives) and narrative discourse strategies in L.N. Tolstoy’s novel “Resurrection”. In the novel, L.N. Tolstoy makes the emphasis on recreation of the color and light palette of the nature. Thus, one of the dominant discourse strategies of this novel is the discourse strategy of landscape painting, which is connected with all discourse strategies, such as discourse mythopoetical strategy, discourse strategy of portrait painting, discourse strategy of plot and compositional development, discourse psychological strategy, discourse social strategy, discourse publicistic strategy, and philosophical and religious discourse strategy. While depicting the nature which acts as a religious and moral substance, all coloratives influence D. Nekhlyudov’s transfiguration and are included in the discourse strategy of plot and compositional development. Anticipating the bad deeds of the protagonist, the nature sends him warning signs. Enjoying the enlightenment of the protagonist, the nature inscribes him in its own harmonious existence.

  • Issue Year: 159/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 92-106
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Russian