„Morska” dusza Mariny Cwietajewej – o motywie morza w twórczości poetki
Marina Tsvetaeva’s “sea” soul: the sea motif in the poet’s work

Author(s): Elena Janczuk
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Russian poetry; worldview; motif; sea; Marina Tsvetaeva; metaphorization
Summary/Abstract: The article presents a systematic analysis of the sea motif in the work of Marina Tsvetaeva. The research task is an attempt to trace how the lexeme “sea” plays a role in the meaning-generating poetic process, as well as to prove the special significance of this motif as an important feature of creative thinking, worldview and creative individuality in general. Based on extensive material (around 1070 examples) taken from poetic and prose texts, the article examines the main meanings of the sea motif and its functional features in the Tsvetaeva’s individual worldview. The sea, without losing its natural concreteness, becomes one of the important tools for metaphorizing the processes and phenomena of not only the physical, but also the spiritual world of the poet.

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