The Semantics of the Novel Title “Aviator” by E. Vodolazkin

 
PIIS013161170007627-8-1
DOI10.31857/S013161170007627-8
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Affiliation: Moscow State Pedagogical University
Address: Moscow, Russian Federation
Affiliation: V. V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute (Russian Academy of Sciences)
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Journal nameRusskaya Rech’
EditionIssue 6
Pages82-91
Abstract

The article discusses the semantics of the novel title “Aviator” by E. Vodolazkin published in 2016 and traces the connection between the title of this work and both the main text and epigraph. The research shows that the title expresses the main themes of the text in a condensed form and is associated with its most important subject lines, the composition of the work and the key figurative parallels. The article determines the meaning of the novel title “Aviator” and considers a gradual change in the semantics of the headword and its enrichment with additional meanings such as ‘independence’, ‘loneliness’, ‘wide view from above’. Intertextual links of the work are revealed, primarily with the poem “Aviator” by A. Blok. The paper focuses on the system of metaphors in the novel (life – flight, aviator – bird, etc.) and their role in the text. The article emphasizes the multifunctional character of the title. The analysis of the title reveals the subtext of the novel, gives an interpretation of the text and determines the author’s estimates and key oppositions of the novel (the past/ the present, historical time/personal time, public life/private life, time continuity/holes in time, etc.).

Keywordstitle, metaphor, figurative parallel, semantics, literary text, opposition
AcknowledgmentThis research is supported by a grant from Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project No. 19-512-23004 “Metaphorical picture of the world of modern Russian and Hungarian prose of the late 20th – early 21th century (comparative analysis)”.
Received12.12.2019
Publication date12.12.2019
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