2020 №2 (67) Article 15

Shurupova O. S.

“A Lighthearted and Happy Person”  (Speech Characteristics of Rusanov,  a Character of A. I. Solzhenitsynʼs “Cancer Ward”)  P. 147-156.

УДК 821.161.1-31.09«19»

UDC 10.37724/RSU.2020.67.2.015

The relevance of the article is accounted for by the necessity to use the results of modern research of a linguistic personality to create literary images. The aim of the article is to analyze speech characteristics of Rusanov, a character of A. I. Solzhenitsynʼs “Cancer Ward”. The article focuses on the characterʼs discourse. The article analyzes Rusanovʼs inner speech, the peculiarities of his perception of other peopleʼs speeches, the quotations he uses in his speech. To analyze the characterʼs personality, the author of the article uses K. F. Sedovʼs model. The author of the article singles out thematic vocabulary sets that prevail in Rusanovʼs speech. The author focuses on objects remembering which Rusanov experiences some relief of his sickness-related suffering. Numerous Sovietisms and bureaucratic expressions used by the character together with some simple words and diminutives help the author to create the literary image. In Rusanovʼs speech, some Slavinisms, which are traditionally positively charged, acquire a negative meaning, while some negatively charged words are positively perceived by the character. The analysis of the characterʼs discourse shows the severity of his spiritual infirmity. The results of the research conducted by the author of the article enables the author to maintain that A. I. Solzhenitsyn uses the characterʼs inner monologue to reveal the characterʼs inner world, to show the characterʼs moral lameness. The results of our research can be used to further investigate A. I. Solzhenitsynʼs linguopoetics and to analyze a literary image as a linguistic personality.

 

linguistic personality; A. I. Solzhenitsynʼs “Cancer Ward”; inner monologue; speech characteristics of a character; Slavinisms; newspaper clichés; thematic vocabulary sets

 

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SOURCES AND ABBREVIATIONS

 

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