On Poly-Functionality of Landscape in some A.P. Chekhov''s Short Stories
The article dwells on the study related to landscape function in A.P. Chekhov's short stories including: «Strange Wol», «The Boy Named Vanka», «Fastidious Escapades», «Enemies», «The Fidgety Woman», «Chamber #6», «Ariadna» and etc. Proceeding from the analysis of the text of the abovestated literary productions the author comes to the conclusion that they are distinguished with polyfunctionality. Drawings of nature are now as a background, now as a description action place; they may be correlated with the protagonist 's mood, bringing to light his/her psychological state; being the subject the hero admires, the good the latter into all sorts of contemplations. Hereby, determining the plot-compositional landscape function the researcher proves that nature can be in harmony with the character 's mood, either in the state of accompaniment or contrast. It should be noted that comparing landscape sketches in various short stories belonging to Chekhov with the literary productions of other authors the researcher pays particular attention both to similarity and distinction aimed at nature 's depiction. Thus, in her article the author discloses plentiful functions of landscape in the abovementioned short stories. The linguistic means aimed at the depiction of landscape sketches and their lexical expressions are thoroughly researched by the author For a confirmation of her thesis the author speaks about certain theoretical provisions, at the same time the examples adduced illustrate it.