PORTRAIT OF TATIANA LARINA IN PUSHKIN’S NOVEL “EVGENY ONEGIN” AND THE PERSONAL MEANS OF ITS CREATION

Abstract

The article continues a series of studies related to the analysis of portraits of the main characters in the novel by A.S. Pushkin “Eugene Onegin”, and is dedicated to the portrait of Tatiana Larina. For the first time, within the framework of the current trend in the study of a portrait in a poetic work, which broadly outlined the problem of the relationship between the visual and expressive capabilities of the language. The study is carried out of the role and degree of participation of portrait-forming and verse means in creating the appearance of the main character. Attention is focused on her complex portrait image, Pushkin’s accents on the details of the face, poses and gestures, speech and voice are revealed, attention is fixed on the verbal content of the portrait, the interaction of portrait-forming and verse means is analyzed (features of the verse transfer, the specificity of the organization of rhythmic movement (spondeia and pyrrhic), rhyme), actively participating in the creation of the image and allowing Pushkin not only to show the completeness of Tatyana’s experiences, but also to reflect this completeness in the outlining of her appearance. The author comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to consider such interaction, providing a deeper understanding of the created by A.S. Pushkin’s psychological portrait.