NONVERBAL MEANS OF TRANSMISSION OF THE SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION OF THE CHARACTERS OF MAXIM GORKY’S NOVEL “MOTHER”

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to identify and show the means and ways of verbal transmission of non-verbal behavior, which testifies to the spiritual evolution of the central characters in Maxim Gorky’s novel “Mother”: Pelageya Nilovna Vlasova and her son Pavel. The object of study is the language units, by means of which facial expressions, gestures and other non-verbal behavior are transmitted, reflecting the spiritual evolution of the characters of this novel. The subject of the study is the means and mechanisms for the transmission of non-verbal meaning by its language intermediaries. The result of the analysis was the conclusion that in the novel “Mother”, non-verbal means as artistic details play an important role in conveying the evolutionary changes that occur in the spiritual life of the characters, allowing the author to give a capacious description of the heroes. Non-verbal means are realized in the text by describing situations with verbs, verbal phrases, epithets, comparisons, which give a visual representation of artistic images. Non-verbal means characterize each character, reveal the peculiarities of changes in their inner world, emphasizes the psychological state and character of the heroes. The portrait and psychological details of non-verbal means show us the maturity in the character of Pavel Vlasov — a strict, proud, staunch person, convinced of the correctness of what he is doing.