“ANTONOVSKY APPLES” BY I. A. BUNIN: THE ANALYSIS OF THE AUTHOR’S LINGUISTIC PERSONALITY

Abstract

The article raises a problem of linguistic personality and the methodology of its description based on the methods of linguistic, linguo-stylistic and linguo-cognitive analysis of I.A. Bunin “Antonovsky apples.” An analysis technique adapted for secondary school is proposed, focusing on the author’s mental activity and the categories of space and time. The object of the study is the linguistic personality of the author, the identification and characterization of the means of lexical representation of which in the story of I.A. Bunin defines the purpose of the article. The study is based on the methods of language sampling, observation of the features of the stylistic functioning and contextual use of language units and their description. The conclusions substantiate that the linguistic personality of the author, structuring the literary text, is represented in the work by a system of lexical means that determine its individuality and originality. The proposed format of work is aimed at developing an algorithm for the linguistic analysis of a linguistic personality among students. The materials of the article can find practical application in the school practice of teaching the Russian language, with an in-depth study of the subject and in the format of working with gifted children.