Russian Linguistic Bulletin (Jun 2023)

THE VALUE PARADIGM OF IVAN ALEXANDROVICH GONCHAROV'S APHORISTICS

  • Korolkova A.V.,
  • Novikova T.S.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18454/RULB.2023.42.3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 42, no. 6

Abstract

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This article analyzes the corpus of I.A.Goncharov's aphorisms (up to 70 aphorisms and aphoristic statements), recorded in the "Dictionary of Aphorisms of Russian Writers". Aphorisms are contained in Goncharov's literary texts, in journalism, in articles on literary theory and in literary criticism, as well as scientific and popular articles related to his travels. Goncharov's aphoristics is a reflection of his conceptual picture of the world, allows us to take a different look at his artistic work, the deepest inner world, to see the consistent development of his creative and literary-critical thinking, to reveal the most important problems for the writer, standing at the center of his value paradigm. I.A.Goncharov's aphoristics is integral part of the spiritual culture of the people, reflects its value-semantic guidelines in diachrony.

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