THE CHESS TOPIC IN THE FOREIGN FICTION OF THE Õ²Õ–ÕÕth CENTURIES

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THE CHESS TOPIC IN THE FOREIGN FICTION OF THE Õ²Õ–ÕÕth CENTURIES

Journal Title: Проблеми сучасного літературознавства - Year 2016, Vol 0, Issue 22

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the peculiarities of using the chess topic in the foreign fiction of XIX–XX centuries. Chess is first depicted on the European paintings in XVI century. Shakespeare mentions chess in several works. The majority of analysed fiction works was written in XX century. That can be explained by the growth of chess popularity in the world and the process of professionalization of the game. Chess becomes the object of writers’ close attention much later than cards. Y. Lotman suggests that cards acquire the features of the universal model and become the centre of creating myths in the end of XVIII–at the start of XIX centuries. So, chess and cards turn into symbols in art and serve as marks indicating to other texts. The author wants to reveal complicated polyfunctional semantics of the concept «chess» in the foreign literature of XIX–XX centuries. This aim is realized through fulfilling some tasks: to reveal the works of art in which the concept «chess» is used; to find out the place of the concept in the chosen works of art; to pick out the invariant meanings of the concept «chess» in art discourse. The presence of the chess topic in a considerable amount of works of art lets us make a conclusion about the existence of the formed mythologems. So, the authors, which will use this topic in their works, should take into consideration its semantic filling at diachronic level. Having analysed some works of art let’s emphasize the key semantic lines of the chess topic in the foreign fiction of XIX–XX centuries. Firstly, the activity of a chess player is opposed to real life. A chess player is destined to loneliness in the chess world. Secondly, chess is a high art which is not comprehensive for mass audience. Thirdly, chess is a drug which permanently ruins a person leads to a nervous breakdown. Fourthly, chess is a complicated game connected with mystics and magic. Fifthly, chess is a game for two players which is assumed to have a conflict, opposition. The motive of loneliness of a chess player is realized in the most of the analysed pieces of art. Chess offers great opportunities for self-fulfillment of a persona but demands partial or even full recant from reality for that.

Authors and Affiliations

Oleg Parkhitko

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