Open Access“Mermaids” Theme in A. P. Chekhov’s Short Stories «Trouble» and “Nervous Breakdown”
Author(s) -
Anna A. Zubanova,
Marina Ch. Larionova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
izvestiâ ûžnogo federalʹnogo universiteta. filologičeskie nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2312-1343
pISSN - 1995-0640
DOI - 10.18522/1995-0640-2020-2-12-17
Subject(s) - folklore , temptation , theme (computing) , constructive , identity (music) , literature , aesthetics , psychoanalysis , psychology , history , art , social psychology , computer science , process (computing) , operating system
Short stories «Trouble» and «Nervous Breakdown» have social and psychological issues. However, as it often happens in A.P. Chekhov’s works, it is realized with the involvement of a folk culture language with which it creates the basis for its national identity. A folklore image of a mermaid and concepts related to it have an important role in these realistic short stories. The image, being constructive in both cases, appears in different forms and performs different functions. In the first case, the mermaid creates an associated field of indifference, devastation. In the second – temptation, fall, seduction.