LINGUISTIC REPRESENTATION OF NATIONAL CHARACTER IN RUSSIAN CLASSICAL AND POSTMODERNIST LITERATURE

Abstract

The article analyzes the linguistic representation of national character in Russian classical and postmodern literature. The paper examines the theoretical foundations of linguacultural studies, particularly the concepts of linguistic personality, linguacultural types, and national character as multimodal phenomena. Particular attention is paid to the role of language as a means of shaping and representing national identity, as well as its interaction with cognitive, sociocultural, and pragmatic components. Using works by 19th-century classics as examples (Pushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky), it demonstrates how language serves as a mechanism for cultural identification and self-reflection. In the context of postmodernism (Bitov, Erofeev, other authors), the deconstruction of traditional linguistic forms, intertextuality, and heteroglossia are analyzed as methods that create space for a plurality of meanings. A comparative analysis demonstrates how both literary traditions use language to shape and transform notions of national character, reflecting changing cultural and historical paradigms.