Semantics of the Title of the Novel «Glory» by V.V. Nabokov (To the 120th Anniversary of the Birth)
https://doi.org/10.30515/0131-6141-2019-80-3-58-62
Abstract
The novel «Glory» by V.V. Nabokov has been given different interpretations in modern literary criticism. The analysis of the title of the work might serve as a key to its interpretation. This article aims to examine the semantics of the title and show its connection with the text. The analysis is carried out using descriptive and comparative methods, as well as the etymological approach to the study of words and their semantic structures. It is shown that the title is characterized by diffuseness of the meaning, which has connection with various contexts of the novel. It is concluded that the title of the work in its condensed form determines the main theme of the text and expresses the author’s assessment of the described.
About the Author
N. A. Nikolina
Moscow Pedagogical State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalia A. Nikolina.
1/1 Malaya Pirogovskaya str., Moscow, 119435.
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Nikolina N.A. Semantics of the Title of the Novel «Glory» by V.V. Nabokov (To the 120th Anniversary of the Birth). Russian language at school. 2019;80(3):58-62. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30515/0131-6141-2019-80-3-58-62
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