"Metaphor-personification" in V.G. Korolenko's Siberian short stories (based on the material of the Yakut cycle)

Abstract

The subject of the study is the metaphor-personification involved in the creation of V.G. Korolenko's Siberian short stories. The research material was metaphors-personifications extracted by the continuous sampling method from the stories "Makar's Dream", "Sokolinets", included in the Yakut cycle of Siberian stories. The appeal to the metaphor-personification is justified by the fact that it plays a huge role in the construction of an artistic work. V. Korolenko's stories represent a rich material for research, as he developed his own individual author's metaphors based on impersonation. Metaphorization based on personification is a kind of creative handwriting of Korolenko. His works are rich in artistic means of expression, such as metaphor, personification, comparison, metonymy, hyperbole, which gives him a special original author's style. The methodological and theoretical basis of the research is the work of G.N. Pospelov, A.B. Esin, L.S. Kulik. The work also takes into account the main theoretical works of leading modern Yakut scientists: O.I. Ivanova, K.I. Platonova, I.S. Yemelyanov. Creativity Korolenko is of great interest among modern researchers. Many aspects of his work in literary criticism have already been studied. But in this study, the authors make an attempt to study the functioning of metaphor-personification in his Siberian stories, in particular, in the Siberian stories (Yakut cycle). During the study, it was revealed that V.G. Korolenko skillfully uses the technique of anthropomorphism in his stories. With the help of metaphor, personification and other artistic means of expression, he enlivens and humanizes nature. Korolenko always serves as the personification of the forces of nature to reveal a person’s state of mind, thoughts and feelings. Thanks to metaphor-personification, the world around us comes to life. Thus, the lines between the animate and inanimate world are erased.