DETAILS OF NATURAL WORLD IN PROSE OF I.S. TURGENEV AND IN WORKS OF S.T. AKSAKOV OF LATE 1840S – 1850S

Abstract

The results of a comparative study of Turgenev’s and Aksakov’s creative work with details of the natural world are presented in the article. The functional features of the figurative row of linden and birch trees are the focus of attention. By introducing these signs, writers set themselves different goals. If Turgenev needs dendronyms for a realistic and complete background in the picture of the world, then for Aksakov the object of observation is the tree itself. As a result, the search is carried out in different directions: the accuracy of detail is required by Turgenev for a symbolically-polysemantic representation of characters and life’s vicissitudes, while Aksakov focuses on a chronically fixed allegorically-one-dimensional representation of natural facts. The material for the study was the hunting notes of Turgenev and Aksakov, as well as major epic works by the authors: Turgenev’s novels “Rudin”, “The Noble Nest”, “On the Eve” and Aksakov’s autobiographical trilogy, which includes “Family Chronicle”, “The Childhood Years of Bagrov-grandson” and “Memories”.