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Functioning of Artifact Metaphors and Similes in the Texts of Modern Russian Prose
 
PIIS013161170021745-8-1
DOI10.31857/S013161170021745-8
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Natalia Nikolina 
Affiliation: Moscow State Pedagogical University
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Zoya Yu. Petrova
Affiliation: V.V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute, RAS
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Journal nameRusskaya Rech’
EditionIssue 4
Pages75-86
Abstract

The article deals with metaphors and similes which include the names of various artefacts as images of comparison. Artifacts are defined as any material objects artificially created as a result of human activity. The analysis involves the works of modern Russian prose writers: E. Vodolazkin, A. Ilichevsky, O. Slavnikova, E. Chizhova, R. Senchin, V. Pelevin, S. Sokolov, D. Glukhovsky, G. Yakhina, etc. The purpose of the article is to consider features of the functioning of artifact metaphors and similes in the texts of modern Russian prose. The paper shows that comparative constructions which include images of artifacts, are intensively used in modern Russian prose. It is noted that the composition of these structures is significantly updated in comparison with previous literary periods: the names of modern technical means act as comparison images. In particular, the computer metaphor has become widespread in recent decades. It is concluded that one of the features of the modern prose texts is concretization of artifact metaphors and similes observed through modifiers transforming the image. It is shown that different types of interaction of artifact metaphors and similes with each other and with comparative tropes of other semantic classes are presented in modern prose texts. The paper distinguishes various functions of artifact tropes in the text. These include the function of figurative characteristic, evaluative function, text-forming and intertextual functions.

Keywordsartifact, metaphor, simile, comparative construction, modern Russian prose, basis of comparison, interaction of tropes, function in the text
Received27.09.2022
Publication date27.09.2022
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