Color in human’s characteristic (on Way to Nowhere by Alexander Grin) Cover Image

Kolor w opisie postaci (na podstawie Drogi do nikąd Aleksandra Grina)
Color in human’s characteristic (on Way to Nowhere by Alexander Grin)

Author(s): Jolanta Chomko
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Russian Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Grin; idiolect; color semantics; characters’ colors

Summary/Abstract: Color is one of the artistic means, by which text can be perceived as an artistic whole. The aim of this paper is to analyze the names of colors used to describe human space in Way to nowhere by Alexander Grin. The color nominations refer to description of human external appearance and clothing. They are expressed by one-word names (красный, белый), names derived from them (покраснеть, почернеть) and compound words (черноволосый, черноусый). In order to define the human color space, the author used 137 lexemes, which belong to serval color fields: красный, белый, черный, серый, желтый, синий and зеленый. Undoubtedly, all of them express national and individual priorities.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 301-320
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish