The Aesthetic Function of Russian Communicative Means in Conditions of Reduced Variability (based on the material of the musical “Dance of the Vampires”)

Abstract

The study is carried out within the framework of semantic communicative analysis. The functioning of Russian communicative means in conditions of fundamentally narrowed variability is shown (material of the musical “Dance of the Vampires” is used). The communicative level of the Russian language is proved to be a dynamic system, which is able in different special conditions (which arise owing to restrictions imposed by genre of the musical) to weaken (or eliminate) one groups of communicative units and strengthen the others, while preserving its characteristics in general. The aesthetic task of creation a certain character assigned to the actors is successfully performed with a support of various clusters of means. With one type of restrictions imposed on the personal toolkit of the actor, there are almost kinesic means (i.e. gestures) alone, with another type – minor sound means only (phonation, manner of vowels’ and consonants’ articulation, speech tempo etc). Nevertheless, the semantic charge of communicative units constantly turns out to be sufficient to form the strategy of communicative behavior of a character the actor needs. The fact of particular interest is also the possibility to indentify the communicative “matrix” introduced by the script and director’s concept.