THE ROLE OF CHESS TERMS IN THE READERS’ PERCEPTION OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN V. NABOKOV’S NOVEL „THE LUZHIN DEFENCE”

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THE ROLE OF CHESS TERMS IN THE READERS’ PERCEPTION OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN V. NABOKOV’S NOVEL „THE LUZHIN DEFENCE”

Journal Title: Слов’янський збірник - Year 2014, Vol 0, Issue 18

Abstract

The article is devoted to the usage of chess terms that help in the perception of the main character in V. Nabokov’s novel. The subject of our research is the chess vocabulary which the author used to create the type of the character. The purpose is to research additional semes, which appeared in the chess terms in the literary text. V. Nabokov wrote his novel in a-game-of-chess style. There are different opinions on the role of Luzhin as a chess figure. In this article Luzhin is viewed as king of the chess game, which is confirmed by a great amount of words in the text. V. Nabokov adds to the terms „defence”, „combination” and others the semes „life” and „fate”. The meanings of these words can only be understood by the reader within the whole text. The methodology is the componential analysis of the chess vocabulary. The finding of this research may be used while studying the novel by V. Nabokov.

Authors and Affiliations

I. V. Muradian

Keywords

literary text chess terms actualization of additional semes

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