THE MOTIF OF MUSIC IN THE STORY OF YU.V. BUIDA “TSYPA TSENTSIPPER.”

Abstract

Based on the motivic analysis, the article examines the significance of the motif of music in the story of Yu.V. Buida “Tsypa Tsentsipper” for the realization of the ideological meaning of the work. The role of the motif for creating the central images of the story is traced: Cecilia Veniaminovna Tsentsipper, her daughter Varenka, brother Valentine. It is revealed that the motif of music performs various functions: characterological, psychological, plot-forming, serves as a means of expressing the basic concept of the work. Building a system of images on the antithesis of mother and daughter, in the image of the mother, the author emphasizes her immersion in the element of music, dreams of the choir as a spiritual unity of people; in the image of Barbara, depicted as a demonic being, emphasizes belonging to the infernal sphere through the motif of silence. In general, through the motif of music, the aspiration of a modern person living in a disintegrating world to inner harmony, spiritual unity is shown, and the impossibility of realizing this dream, disharmony wins.