THE INFLUENCE OF A. P. CHEKHOV'S DRAMA LANGUAGE ON THE STRUCTURAL-SEMANTIC ORGANISATION OF T. WILLIAMS' DRAMATIC TEXTS
Abstract
The article analyzes Tennessee Williams' dramatic and journalistic texts as well as his memoirs regarded in correlation with the language of A. P. Chekhov's plays and the semiotics of his works; it provides an examination of peculiarities of Chekhov's works and their impact on Williams' idiostyle. The main hypothesis is based on the statement that the linguistic structures of T. Williams' dramas show structural-semantic originality of A. P. Chekhov's plays. Williams' innovation, being analysed from the position of novelties in the language of plays, theatre and cinema, correlates with the semiotics of Chekhov's theatrical language, reflected in the language of his plays. The key community and succession in the drama language is detected through the intentions of linguistic expression of approaching of theatre to the life, linguistic expression of including of everyday situations in a wider socio-historical and philosophical context. As a result, symbolism is becoming semiotically meaningful and in this category everyday life is regarded as a symbolic sign. The analysis of Chekhov's influence on structural-semantic organisation of Williams' drama is conducted both in the plays and in the autodescriptive texts proving the above stated hypothesis.
About the Authors
Vyacheslav Khodus
North Caucasus Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ani Bagdasaryan
English in EF English First
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Khodus V., Bagdasaryan A. THE INFLUENCE OF A. P. CHEKHOV'S DRAMA LANGUAGE ON THE STRUCTURAL-SEMANTIC ORGANISATION OF T. WILLIAMS' DRAMATIC TEXTS. Humanities and law research. 2017;(4):215-220. (In Russ.)
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