LINGUISTIC MEANS OF CINEMATOGRAPHY IN THE LECTURE COURSE OF SERGEI EISENSTEIN (1933–1936)

Abstract

Sergei Eisenstein entered the history of Russian culture not only as a brilliant director, but also as a talented teacher, head of the course, after which many graduates became the pride of Russian directing. His lectures, delivered in 1933–1936, were shorthand, edited and published in the fourth volume of Selected Works. One can discover the distinctive features of the language and composition of Eisenstein’s lectures. A special case of Eisenstein’s linguistic personality as a teacher is the use of cinematographic techniques in the pre- sentation of lecture material. The article proposes the author’s definition of the concept of “Сinematography of Literature.” The paper identifies and describes linguistic techniques of cinematography at the lexical-stylistic, communicative-syntactic and argumentative levels. The use of the cinematographic techniques is explained by the desire to activate visual, auditory and tactile-kinesthetic sensations through the word, to create an imaginary picture of reality.