HUMANITARIAN RESEARCHES

Journal of fundamental and applied researches

PORTRAIT OF A STRONG-WILLED WOMAN IN THE SHORT STORY BY KATHERINE ANNE PORTER �

2019. №3, pp. 84-92

Fedotova Natalya S. - Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Astrakhan State University, 414056, Russia, Astrakhan, 20a Tatishchev st, natalyafedotova@list.ru

Osipov Daniil V. - Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Astrakhan State University, 414056, Russia, Astrakhan, 20a Tatishchev st, daniio@yandex.ru

The article shows the portrait of a strong-willed personality in “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter, therefore it analyses the specific techniques used by the author to develop the given portrait, draws a parallel with the facts from the author’s biography, tackles the issues of the language and its metaphoric usage in the story.

Key words: американская литература, портрет, несобственно-прямая речь, прототип, художественное пространство, онейросфера, метафора, American literature, portrait, inner monologue, prototype, artistic space, oneiric experience, metaphor

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