ПОВЕСТВОВАТЕЛЬНАЯ СТРАТЕГИЯ ОЛЬГИ ЛАВРЕНТЬЕВОЙ В ГРАФИЧЕСКОМ РОМАНЕ «СУРВИЛО»

Abstract

This article discusses the implementing of the narrative strategy in Olga Lavrentieva’s graphic novel “Survilo”, which is a biographical one, since it reflects the author's grandmother fortune and the stages of the revival of the Survilo family, which becomes the Lavrentiev family. First, the article reviews the main approaches to the graphic novel genre which have developed in the field and supports the ideas about the autonomy of graphic literature genres regarding the specifics of the world representation in a literary text. In this regard, the ground theoretical understanding and interpretation of such works are required. Analysis of the novel “Survilo” showed that the author thinks through the narrative strategies on various levels. The selection of verbal and pictorial means is visible, they begin to work in different ways to introduce the scope of the novel’s ideas and themes. The narrative strategy is revealed at the level of architectonics, when the author of the novel subordinates the paratextual elements of the title and the embedded frame to the idea of reflecting on the content of a particular chapter. The composition of the novel directly interacts with its content, being synthesized through a system of motives and images. To achieve this goal, the author updates the techniques for details’ introduction into graphic storytelling and forms sustainable storytelling pipes. In addition, the narrative mode is revealed in the technical implementation of the verbal text. With the help of various kinds of underlining and the use of different styles, the author successfully imitates the properties of oral speech and conveys the accurate intonation of the replicas, thereby controlling the reader's perception to a greater extent. The metaphorical potential of the artistic and graphic “word” used in this text is also considered. As a result, it was revealed that the author of the novel “Survilo” has implemented a complex strategy that is more specific for the novel rather than the comic book.