The specificity of conflict triggers in fine literature discourse (based on Telluria novel by Vladimir Sorokin)
https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2023-11-4-82-99
Abstract
Russian culture has always been literary-centric. The appeal to the literary text as a way of understanding oneself and social reality remains up till now a significant part of the educational process. Social conflicts are reflected in Russian prose. The paper is devoted to the study of the concept of conflict and the specifics of its implementation in the discourse of literature using based on the novel by Vladimir Sorokin “Telluria”. We believe that the emergence of a conflict occurs at the point when one of the subjects deprives the other of his subjectivity and begins to impose his point of view. A distinctive feature of conflicts of this kind of discourse is the in communication – author’s and reader’s. Besides due to achronicity in relation to real time literary texts are more durable and resistant to changing agendas, and are also able to influence reality even after time. Few modern Russian authors describe modern realities. Sorokin is one of the most famous and influential writers of modern Russia, who is known far beyond its borders. Some of the fantastic nature of Sorokin’s plots at a long distance turns out to be quite accurate in diagnosing modernity. The article examines lexical units that can become absolute conflict triggers. All of them relate to the subject, its attribute or activity. In a literary text, neutral words can also generate conflict that is influenced by the context. The study of conflicts in different discourses will allow us to identify common conflict-prone vocabulary characteristic for the Russian cultural field.
About the Author
O. S. Polovinkina
Southern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Polovinkina Olga Sergeevna – lecturer
344006, Rostov-on-Don, Bolshaya Sadovaya st., 105/42
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Polovinkina O.S. The specificity of conflict triggers in fine literature discourse (based on Telluria novel by Vladimir Sorokin). Communicology. 2023;11(4):82-99. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2023-11-4-82-99
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