Chernyaeva, N. G. THE COMIC IN S. DOVLATOV’S (WORKS FOLKLORIST’S VIEW). Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2022;44(5):64–74. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2022.789


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THE COMIC IN S. DOVLATOV’S (WORKS FOLKLORIST’S VIEW)

Chernyaeva
N. G. 		University of Economics – Varna
Keywords:
С. Dovlatov
comic
folklore
ethnocultural concepts
paremy
narrativization
poetonyms
laughter transformation		 Summary: The article is devoted to the folklore component of the comic in S. Dovlatov’s creative writing, the results of its study by literary scholars, and the still not fully disclosed potential of the folkloristic approach to the problem. Researchers agree that the folklore origin of the comic in S. Dovlatov’s works is manifested primarily through the writer’s address to a folk anecdote and “marginal” folklore characters (losers, triksters, lazy people, etc.). The additions in the article include the author’s use of paremias and aphorisms, their narrativization in a laughing and serious laughing mode; the analysis of the ethnocultural concepts behind the paremias, which are key for S. Dovlatov (fate, wealth – poverty, laziness, etc.); identifying the role of repetition (in the form of an ascending or descending gradation) both on the verbal and motivational levels; the principles of the selection of poetonyms and their function in creating a laughing eff ect. These provisions in the article are illustrated by the microplot of the story “A Foreign Wonam” (“Inostranka”) (the story of Arkady Lerner’s enrichment after emigrating to the USA).



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