PIANO: THE VICTORIAN IMAGE-SYMBOL IN NEO-VICTORIAN CONSCIOUSNESS (BY THE MATERIAL OF THE FILM "THE PIANO" BY J. CAMPION)
Skorokhod'ko Yuliya Stanislavovna
V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University
Abstract. In the article the image of piano as one of Victorian images-symbols in neo-Victorian art is considered, the place of the piano image in the system of images in J. Campion’s film "The Piano" is identified. As a result of the research the author concludes that the piano image in J. Campion’s film performs at least three functions: it causes association with the English way of life in the XIX century, it is of interest for neo-Victorian consciousness as one of the elements of the Victorian value system ??and it takes the key position in the system of the film images.
Key words and phrases: викторианство, неовикторианство, неовикторианское кино, викторианский образ-символ, фортепиано, женский вопрос, колониальная проблематика, Victorian era, neo-Victorianism, neo-Victorian movie, Victorian image-symbol, piano, women’s issue, colonial subject matter
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