Keyword: «antithesis»

The research article is dedicated to an interpretation of a dissidence issue in LudmilaUlitskaya novel 'The Big Green Tent'. An obvious irony in describing characters' traits which was used by Ulitskaya is revealed in the the course of analysis. Such plot twists as prison breaking,chasing, the process of an arrest highlited in a comical way by Ulitskaya are revealed as well. The article carries an evidence which proves that L.E. Ulitskaya put an obvious ironical implication in her novel in order to make an emphasis on characters' strong will, enthusiasm, optimism, an ability to overcome different obstacles, to find a way out of dead ends, without losing hope. Ulitskaya used such irony forms as antithesis, humor, travestire technique, calembour, sarcasm and other ironical mockery types.

the article gives a brief analysis of the disclosure of the literary image on the example of the story of the writer-realist M. Gorky. The main theme of the writer's study of man-his nature and place in life. The writer described in his works people of a certain type, the social layer. Heroes – freedom-loving people, the rebels who are dissatisfied with life

This article examines the phenomenon of linguistic conflict, represented through a system of antonymic relations in Russian aphorisms. An aphorism is understood as a concise, complete statement with significant philosophical or pragmatic potential. Antonymy, being one of the fundamental semantic relations of language, goes beyond simple opposition in the space of aphorism, becoming a tool for explicating the deep contradictions of human existence, thinking and society. The article analyzes the types of antonymic oppositions (contrarian, complementary, converse, vector) used in aphoristics and identifies their specific functions: the creation of an antithesis as a rhetorical device, the actualization of paradox, irony, the formation of value judgments and didactic attitudes. The research material is a corpus of Russian aphorisms and catchphrases of the XVIII–XXI centuries.