These Nails Would Make Good People: a Story by A.P. Platonov «Nikita» (To the 120th Anniversary of the Birth)
https://doi.org/10.30515/0131-6141-2019-80-5-32-38
Abstract
The article analyses defining concepts in the fictional world of a story by A.P Platonov («Nikita»), which are introduced through the lexical structure of the text. Using philological analysis, the author aims to define the writer's concept, with the title character's worldview constituting the study object. The author of the article pays special attention to the main character's uniqueness, emphasizing his special mission in the world. Considering the story in the context of the writer's work contributes to better understanding of its key ideas.
Keywords
philological analysis of the text,
inner form of the word,
polysemy,
mythopoetic connotations,
interpretation,
animism
Supporting agencies: The work was supported by the Russian Foundation for basic research (RFBR) within the project «Category of childhood in philosophy and poetics of A.P Platonov» № 18-012-00429
About the Author
E. A. Yablokov
Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yevgenii A. Yablokov - Doc. of Sci. (Philol.), Leading Researcher.
32-a Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow, 119991
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Yablokov E.A. These Nails Would Make Good People: a Story by A.P. Platonov «Nikita» (To the 120th Anniversary of the Birth). Russian language at school. 2019;80(5):32-38. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30515/0131-6141-2019-80-5-32-38
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