The role of Pushkin's discourse in T. N. Tolstaya's prose (based on the novel «The Slynx» and the collection of short stories «Not The Slynx»)

The work of T. N. Tolstaya's has been the object of close study by literary critics for many years but there has not been a comprehensive narrative analysis of her works which explains the relevance of this research until today. From the point of view of narratology the T. Tolstaya's works are a rich material for research due to their characteristic complexity and diversity. The complex narrative structure of Tolstaya's text is determined by a multi-level narrative organization which makes the writer's prose an interesting object for narratological analysis. The narratological approach in the article is implemented at the following stages: the representation of the act of artistic creativity as a multi-level narrative process and the identification of discourse. The purpose of the article is to study the novel "Kys" by T. N. Tolstoy and the stories from the collection "Ne Kys" from the point of view of the manifestation of Pushkin's discourse in them. Within the framework of the presented research, the research tasks were set and solved, which involve identifying elements of Pushkin's discourse in Tolstoy's prose and determining its significance in the overall structure of works, as well as analyzing the techniques used by the author to include Pushkin's discourse in the narrative. Pushkin's discourse is considered as an important part of Tolstoy's author's discourse contributing to the disclosure of the work essence. The research is based on the analysis of the author's techniques that allow him to fit Pushkin's discourse into his works. The author of the article examines Pushkin's discourse at all levels of the text. Special attention is paid to the description of techniques: direct quotation and allusions; pastiche; demythologization; decanonization. First of all the analysis results in the conclusion that the author uses Pushkin's discourse as a means of characterization of the inner world of the characters where the perception of Pushkin's heritage by a particular character and the true understanding of the poet's significance for Russian culture reflects his spiritual cultural and intellectual development. Secondly, demonstrative decononization and demythologization of the image A. S. Pushkin's figure so important for culture T. N. Tolstaya illustrates the spiritual and moral decline of society. Thus the deconstructive postmodern game with the image of Pushkin is for Tolstaya's a means of expressing the author's idea and plot construction which satirically depicts social psychology based on the denial of culture as a necessary element of a harmonically developing society. Narratological analysis of prose T. N. Tolstaya's is a promising study in the study of the writer's creativity and interpretation of the author's message.

T. N. Tolstaya, A. S. Pushkin, novel «The Slynx», collection of short stories «Not The Slynx», discourse, direct quotation, allusion, pastiche, demythologization, decanonization

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