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Deictic projections in Arseny Tarkovsky’s poem «The Book of Grass»
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2024-10-65-74
Abstract
The author of the article makes a holistic analysis of Arseny Tarkovsky’s poem «The Book of Grass», based on the theories of deixis, primary phenomena, discourse/genre. The aesthetic integrity of the poem is given by the deictic projections underlying the image, as well as metonymy and gradation, the contextuality of syntactic and lexical units, and the neutralization of an actively semantized boundary. Behind the motifs of creative work, purity, roots, childhood, birth/death/immortality, the saving, prophetic power of the word, introducing a person to eternity with the help of art and nature in the «Book of Grass» there are the primary phenomena of peace, sadness, emphasized by the softness of emotional deixis, and the primary phenomenon of desire, resulting in the final performative. The ability of objects to be reflected in water, glow, and disappear is associated with the death and rebirth of a person. The delicacy of syntax and vocabulary correlates with the depiction of the magical fusion of man with nature, the liminal sensation of death as birth. The poem «The Book of Grass» presents itself as a self-definition of the lyrical protagonist that takes place in a dialog with another person.
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Е. I. SeifertRussian Federation
Elena I. Seifert, Dr. of Sci. (Philology), associate professor
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For citation: Seifert Е.I. Deictic projections in Arseny Tarkovsky’s poem «The Book of Grass». RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2024;(10):65-74. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2024-10-65-74
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