Open AccessThe image of New York in the context of the criminal world in the novel „The Godfather” by M. Puzo
Author(s) -
Dmytro Boklakh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vìsnik lugansʹkogo nacìonalʹnogo unìversitetu ìmenì tarasa ševčenka. fìlologìčnì nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2227-2844
DOI - 10.12958/2227-2844-2020-4(335)-104-112
Subject(s) - prosperity , context (archaeology) , immorality , reproduction , public sphere , observer (physics) , newspaper , sociology , history , aesthetics , media studies , law , art , morality , political science , politics , ecology , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , biology
The work identifies the features of the artistic worldview of urban reality by the author, which is associated with the reproduction of the criminal sphere of life in New York in the middle of the twentieth century. It was found that the compositional center and background of events in the work is the image of the city, which becomes a sensotvir dominant, forms a system of local areas mainly without detailed action in time. The image of the city is perceived in the imagination of the explicit recipient, obeys the author’s intention and consciously follows it, becoming a passive observer. The author’s assessment of the reproduction of the objective world of the city is absent. The construction of temporal and spatial elements occurs through the retrospection of the narrator. New York is becoming a certified reflection of the life of the mafia world, full of social vices and an idle lifestyle. The sensual sphere of the city is full of immorality, the prosperity of crime, and the mercantile interests of residents. The linguistic context of reproducing the image of the city is indicated by modeling a kind of chronicle with a lexically monotonous text, created through the use of newspaper and telegraph stylistics.