FORMS AND TECHNIQUES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAY OF THE HEROINE IN THE STORY OF A.G. ALEKSIN “ELVIRA’S NOTES”

Abstract

The article examines forms, techniques and means of psychological depiction of a maturing teenager in short fiction of A.G. Aleksin, referring to the story “Elvira’s Notes” (1956). The following scientific methods are used in the study: analysis of specialized literature on the topic of the study; cultural-historical method; elements of a systemic-holistic analysis of a work of art. The study of psychologism in the story is conducted using a psychological approach to the study of literary works. As a result, it is proven that in the work of A.G. Aleksin’s predominant form of psychological depiction is the direct form, and such techniques and means as psychological self-analysis, internal monologue, “speaking names”, psychological analysis, the technique of silence, “dialectics of the soul” are also identified. All this allows to conclude that the depicted world of the story is characterized by pronounced psychologism.