The aesthetic function of metaphorization in the story O. Dovzhenko's "The Enchanted Desna"

Abstract

Background. Metaphorization is seen as an artistic technique that requires the formation of a new perception by significantly changing the context of certain phenomena, realities, objects, or by emphasizing the phenomena themselves or certain aspects of these phenomena shown from a different angle, which determines peculiar associative connections, unexpected analogies. Metaphorization provides the emphasis of new semantic accents, as it requires the construction of new forms of perception as opposed to mechanical reproduction.

The purpose of the article is to define the distinctive features of metaphorization, to clarify the artistic parameters of metaphorization embodied in O. Dovzhenko's story, and to identify the specifics of its artistic realization. The object of the study is the writer's story "Enchanted Desna", and the subject of the study is learning of the aesthetic function of metaphorization in the literary work.

Methods. The research methodology is determined by the principles of cognitive literary studies. The features of the artistic depiction through the prism of protagonist's perception are considered. The artistic technique of metaphorization is considered as an important component of the protagonis's perception formation.

Results. The aesthetic function of metaphorization in O. Dovzhenko's story "The Enchanted Desna" is manifested in the depiction of the outside world through the prism of the protagonist's perception, according to which all the components of the depicted space appear in new, extraordinary perspectives, acquire unusual characteristics, undergo various transformations that emphasize the aesthetic parameters of the depiction and demonstrate artistic multidimensionality by combining the real and the unreal depiction, the real and the fantasized depiction, through the spiritualization of the depicted world.

Conclusions. An important role in the spiritualization of the entire depicted space and its participants is given to the inner feelings of the protagonist, who is able to make amazing correlations between his own perception and the world he observes and creates.