Representation of Photisms in the English Translations of V. Nabokov’s Novels “The Gift” and “Laughter in the Dark”

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The study of the phenomenon of synesthesia in the discourse of artistic texts are relevant today. The novels “The Gift” and “Camera Obscura” by the synesthetic author V. Nabokov, as well as their translations into English, serve as the objects of research. The study of the phenomenon of synesthesia and its manifestations in artistic texts will allow describe the structure of the authorsynesthete Vladimir Nabokov’s figurative perception and identify the structural linguistic and translational features of his works. The materials for the study were the texts of the novels “The Gift” and “Camera Obscura” in Russian and English. The results of the study consist of describing and structuring the influence of the author’s synesthetic perception on the structural organization of the literary text, as well as on the formation of literary characters. In addition, the use of synesthetic images significantly complicates the work of translating literary texts due to the peculiarities of the author’s complex perception of images.

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Liudmila V. Krivoshlykova

RUDN University

Author for correspondence.
Email: lvk1404@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0465-2423
SPIN-code: 7736-6462

Ph.D. in Philology, Associate Professor of Foreign Languages Department, Faculty of Philology

6, Miklukho-Maklaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117198

Leonid V. Lebedev

Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration; RUDN University

Email: leoneedlebedev@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6746-2750
SPIN-code: 3927-1188

Senior Lecturer, Department of English, Institute of Social Sciences, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration ; PhD Student, Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Philology, RUDN University

82/1, Prospekt Vernadskogo Str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119571;6, Miklukho-Maklaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117198

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