The Language Portrait of the Emperor Nicholas II in the novel «August 1914» by Alexandre Solzhenitsyn

Abstract

The article deals with the particularies of the emperor Nicholas II discours in the historical novel «August 1914» by Alexandre Solzhenitsyn. The main objective of the article is to show that the peculiar language makes a significant part in creating the characters’ personality. The choice of lexical and stylistic means of language is determined by the writer’s attitude towards the characters.

Keywords

• языковой портрет
• художественный образ
• речевая характеристика
• прямая речь
• несобственно-авторская речь