CHILD AS NARRATOR IN THE STORY OF V. RASPUTIN “FRENCH LESSONS”

Abstract

The article is an analysis of the story “French Lessons” by the classic of Russian literature Valentin Rasputin within the framework of anthropocentric poetics. The subject of the study is the specifics of children’s narratology, manifested at the thematic, psychological and stylistic levels. The polydiscursive composition of the text allows the writer to pass through the child’s consciousness many sociocultural layers associated with post-war hardships, the difference between city and countryside, the cult of enlightenment, pedagogical talent and the specifics of the Russian mentality. Features of external and internal conflicts overcome by the young hero thanks to intense mental reflection and strong-willed qualities are studied. A conclusion is made about the high level of artistic skill of the writer, who was able to reproduce the children’s type of narration with its characteristic internal monologues, dialectisms and expressively loaded syntactic structures.