METAPHOR AS REPRESENTATION OF THE TEXT CATEGORY ‘AUTHOR’S IMAGE’ IN THE STORY "CIRCLE" BY T. TOLSTAYA
In the present article ‘image of the author’ as a text category is being analysed in the frame of modern fiction. As an embodiment of the author’s biographic intentions this category possesses ample opportunities in the creation of text communicative potential. Having a wide plane of content, this category also demonstrates a wide plane of expression displayed stylistically. The mechanism of the author’s speech behaviour in the texts by T. Tolstaya is characterized by a large number of metaphors. In this regard the aim of the research is to analyse metaphors functioning as a representation of the text category ‘image of the author’ in the story "Circle" by T. Tolstaya.