Oscar Wilde’s Colour Palette in the Novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" as Representation of the Author’s Aesthetic Worldview
Pavlenko Larisa Gennadievna, Savitskaya Anzhelika Nikolaevna
Taganrog Institute named after A. P. Chekhov (Branch) of Rostov State University of Economics
Submitted: 11.03.2020
Abstract. The article examines Oscar Wilde’s colour palette in his only novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray". Interest in this problem is conditioned by colourfulness of the author’s language (63 colour lexemes), an essential feature of his individual style. The research objective includes identifying components of the writer’s chromatic worldview. The study indicated wide use of explicit and implicit metaphorical colour terms, the author’s original colour nominations. The novel’s chromatic field includes eleven micro-fields. The analysis of the colour terms usage helps to reveal the mechanism of the characters’ images creation and contributes to perceiving the author as a representative of the aesthetic trend.
Key words and phrases: эстетизм, хроматические и ахроматические цвета, когнитивная метафора, кластер стилистических средств, цветообозначение, цветовая картина мира, идиостиль, aestheticism, chromatic and achromatic colours, cognitive metaphor, cluster of stylistic means, colour term, chromatic worldview, individual style
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