THE IMAGE OF A GOD’S FOOL AND WAYS OF ITS OBJECTIVATION IN B. PILNYAK’S NOVEL “THE VOLGA FLOWS INTO THE CASPIAN SEA”

Abstract

The article is dedicated to an analysis of the image of the holy fool of the Soviet era, which in the novel by B. Pilnyak “The Volga flows into the Caspian Sea” is an okhlomon Ivan Ozhogov, who is the object of the author’s attention. The subject of study is the means of lexical representation of the hero. The relevance of the article lies in addressing the problem of describing the character of a literary text. The hero is revealed through the portrait, landscape and environment. Particular emphasis is placed on the thought process that determines the worldview and life position of Ivan Ozhogov. 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, systematization and generalization. The conclusions substantiate that the system of lexical means, in particular, the verbs of thought, representing the image of a character, determine his individuality and originality. The materials of the article can find practical application in university courses of philological and linguistic analysis of text, stylistics, Russian literature of the first third of the 20th century.