COLORIMETRY AND THE NATURAL WORLD IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF FEMALE IMAGERY IN THE SHORT STORY COLLECTION “RIVER-IN-JANUARY” BY YE. D. AIPIN

Abstract

The article is dedicated to a comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms of constructing female images in the prose of Yeremey Aipin, based on the collection of short stories “River-in-January”. The objective of the study is to reveal the role of the synthesis of color imagery and images of the natural world as a key tool of Aipin’s poetics. The study proves that color in Aipin’s works performs not a decorative, but an essential, symbolic-psychological function. Four stable coloristic models (white / light ideal, mournful-fatal contrast, natural authencity, retrospective-symbolic color imagery) are identified and analyzed, forming types of female images. It is established that the integrations of heroines into the natural world is realized through three aspects: harmony or contrast with the landscape, the revelation of the inner world through natural metaphors, and the activation of nature as an active force and moral judge. The conclusion is made about the syncretism of Aipin’s color vocabulary, reflecting the mythopoeic perception of traditional culture.