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THE ANALYSIS OF THE NARRATIVE STRATEGY IN E. VODOLAZKIN'S NOVEL "LAURUS" THROUGH THE THEORY OF POLYPHONY

Author: Korol N.B.

The aim of the study is to determine the specific features of the narrative structure of the novel by E. Vodolazkin "Laurus" through the prism of the theory of the polyphonic novel. The article examines the image of the narrator in its relationship with the artistic whole of the work, characterizes the position of the narrator in relation to the characters and the reader. Different types of points of view (temporal, psychological, phraseological) are identified and compared, the intention of their change in the course of the narrative is explained. Linguistic and stylistic features of the text are analyzed through the prism of integration of heterogeneous elements in the context of polyphonic theory. The work examines the chronotope of the novel, determines its features, in particular, the specifics of the temporal organization of the text. This demonstrates the dependence of the narrative structure on the general ideological and semantic field of the work, the absence of radically opposing points of view, as well as the presence of a clearly expressed author's position. In this regard, conclusions are drawn about the monological basis of the novel "Laurus", in the narrative structure of which polyphonic techniques are used with the aim of the most complete and objective reflection of the author's thought. The novelty of the work lies in the study of the novel by Vodolazkin "Laurus" from the point of view of literary polyphony, as well as in the analysis of the specifics of the integration of monological and polyphonic ways of organizing the artistic world of the work.