The article “Specifics of the figurative system of L. Starytska-Chernyakhivska’s historical novel “The Diamond Ring” analyzes the images of Vitaly Lysenko, Honcharenko, Bronislava, Stefan Poretsky, Mrs. Stetska, the old Polish countess, the dog Trezor, Ruzhmailov, the diamond ring, the image of wings, and war. The means of characterization used by the writer (gestures, portrait details, eye expression, physiological reactions of the body, tone of voice, emotional states, dialogues, actions, etc.) used by the writer to fully reveal the images of the characters, the presentation of their emotional states, spiritual transformation, compositional features of the historical novel are clarified. which allows us to reconstruct historical events in their dynamics and trace cause-and-effect relationships.
Special attention is paid to the analysis of antithetical images of war, presented with the help of memories and lyrical digressions of the former captain of the Russian army in a diachronic aspect, the depiction of war with the help of visual and auditory details, which create the effect of immersion (immersion) in the historical discourse and tragicize the reconstructed events. In addition to the image of war and images of people, attention is paid to the understanding of the images of things, which, performing a symbolic function, confirm the idea of the indestructibility of historical memory and will.
Keywords: image, means of character creation, emotional state, historical novel.
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