In other cases, the objects around us “come to life,” as in the scene described by M. Bulgakov.
Margarita struck the keys of the piano, and the first howling sound echoed throughout the apartment. Becker's innocent cabinet instrument screamed frantically. The instrument howled, hummed, wheezed, rang...
Margarita floated out the window, found herself outside the window, swung lightly and hit the glass with a hammer. The window sobbed, and fragments ran down the marble-lined wall.
Personification- one of the most common tropes not only in fiction. It is used by politicians (Russia was knocked out from the shock of Gaidar’s reforms), personification is often found in scientific style(X-ray showed that air heals), in the journalistic (Our guns began to speak. The usual duel of batteries began. - Quiet.). The technique of personification enlivens the headlines of newspaper articles: “The ice track is waiting,” “The sun lights the beacons,” “The match brought records.”
Personification appears in the form of various tropes, most often these are metaphors, for example, in B. Pasternak: Separation will eat us both, Melancholy will devour us with bones. The snow is withering away and sick with anemia, And you can hear in the corridor, What is happening in the open air, April talks about it in a casual conversation with a drop. He knows a thousand stories / About human grief... The branches of apple and cherry trees are dressed in whitish color. Sometimes personification is guessed in comparisons, artistic definitions: To those places, as a barefoot wanderer, the night makes its way along the fence, And behind it from the window sill, a trace of an overheard conversation (Past.); In the spring, that small grandchildren, with the ruddy sun-grandfather, Clouds play... From small torn, cheerful clouds, the red sun laughs, Like a girl from sheaves (N.); The east (P.) was covered with a ruddy dawn.
Interesting are the detailed personifications, thanks to which the author creates complete image. For example, Pushkin wrote: I brought a playful muse, To the noise of feasts and violent disputes, Thunderstorms of midnight watches; And to them at crazy feasts She carried her gifts, And like a bacchante, she frolicked, Over the cup she sang for the guests, And the youth days gone by She was wildly dragged after her. And in “The House in Kolomna” the poet even jokingly addresses her: - Sit down, muse: hands in your sleeves, Legs on the bench, don’t turn around, playful Now let’s begin... The complete likening of an inanimate object to a person is called personification (from the Latin persona person, facto - do). To illustrate this type of personification, we present (in abbreviation) the beginning of Andrei Platonov’s fairy tale “The Unknown Flower”.
Once upon a time there lived a little flower. He grew up alone in a vacant lot. There was nothing for him to eat in stone and clay; drops of rain that fell from the sky fell over the top of the earth and did not penetrate to its root, but the flower lived and lived and grew little by little higher. He raised the leaves against the wind; specks of dust fell from the wind onto the clay; and in those specks of dust there was food for the flower. To moisten them, the flower guarded the dew all night and collected it drop by drop...
During the day the flower was guarded by the wind, and at night by the dew. He worked day and night to live and not die. He needed life and overcame his pain from hunger and fatigue with patience. Only once a day did the flower rejoice: when the first ray of the morning sun touched its tired leaves.
As we see, personification is achieved by a number of personifications: the flower lives, overcoming hunger, pain, fatigue, needs life and rejoices in the sun. Thanks to this combination of tropes, a living artistic image is created.
In a journalistic style, personification can achieve a high rhetorical sound. So. during the Great Patriotic War A.N. Tolstoy wrote in the article “Moscow is Threatened by an Enemy,” addressing Russia:
My homeland. you have had a difficult test, but you will come out of it with victory, because you are strong, you are young, you are kind, you carry goodness and beauty in your heart. You are all hopeful for a bright future, you are building it with your own big hands, your best sons die for him.
Rhetoric also highlights the opposite of personification - reification, in which a person is endowed with the properties of inanimate objects. For example: a bandit's bulletproof forehead: A traffic police sergeant with a face like a no-travel sign. Where did you dig this idiot from! This is a stump, a log! (From the gas.) - Among the reifications there are many common linguistic ones - oak, saw, mattress, hat, health is unstuck.
Writers know how to achieve vivid expressiveness of speech with the help of reification: His heart knocked and for a moment fell somewhere, then returned, but with a dull needle lodged in it (Bulg.); The head drops the leaves, feeling the approaching autumn!. Soon a fly will land on your head without any brakes: your head is like a tray, but what has been done in life! (From a magazine). Reification is often used in a humorous context, which can be confirmed by examples from the letters of A.P. Chekhov: Vaudeville stories flow out of me like oil from the depths of Baku: I kept sitting at home, going for roses... not knowing where to direct my feet, and inclining the arrow of my heart now to the north, now to the south, when suddenly - fuck . A telegram arrived.
Like personifications, reifications take the form of metaphors and similes, as can be seen from the examples given. Let us also recall the classic reifications in the form of comparisons by B. Pasternak: ...When I, in front of everyone, with you, like a shoot with a tree, Grew together in my immeasurable melancholy... She was so dear to Him, every trait, As the shores are close to the sea. The entire surf line. How the reeds flood. A wave after a storm. Sank to the bottom of his soul. Its features and forms.
In modern stylistics, the trope we described is not highlighted, and cases of its use are considered as part of metaphors and comparisons. However, rhetoric gives importance to reification as a trope appropriate to oral speech speakers.
The meaning of the word PERSONIFICATION in the Literary Encyclopedia
PERSONALIZATION
[or personification] - an expression that gives an idea of a concept or phenomenon by depicting it in the form of a living person endowed with properties this concept(for example, the Greeks and Romans depicted happiness in the form of a capricious goddess of fortune, etc.). Very often O. is used when depicting nature, where it is endowed with certain human traits, “animated”, for example: “the sea laughed” (Gorky) or the description of the flood in “ Bronze Horseman"Pushkin: "...The Neva all night/was rushing to the sea against the storm,/not defeating their violent foolishness.../and arguing
284 it became impossible for her... / The weather became more ferocious, / the Neva swelled and roared... / and suddenly, like a frenzied beast, / rushed towards the city... / Siege! Attack! evil waves, / like thieves, climb through the windows,” etc. O. was especially in use in precision and false-classical poetry, where it was carried out consistently and extensively; in Russian literature, examples of such O. were given by Tredyakovsky: “Riding to the Island of Love,” [SPB], 1730. O. is essentially, therefore, a transference of signs of animation to the concept or phenomenon and is represented as such. arr. type of metaphor (see). See "Trails". L.T.
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(prosopopoeia) a type of metaphor, transferring the properties of animate objects to inanimate ones (“Her nurse is silence...”, A. A. ... - PERSONALIZATION in Bolshoi Soviet encyclopedia, TSB:
prosopopoeia (from the Greek prosopon - face and poieo - I do), personification (from the Latin persona - face, personality and facio - ... - PERSONALIZATION V Encyclopedic Dictionary:
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personifications, cf. (book). 1. units only Action according to verb. personify-personify. The personification of the forces of nature among primitive peoples. 2. what. An incarnation of some kind. ... - PERSONALIZATION in Ephraim's Explanatory Dictionary:
personification cf. 1) The process of action according to meaning. verb: to personify, personify. 2) a) The embodiment of smb. elemental force, natural phenomena in the form... - PERSONALIZATION in the New Dictionary of the Russian Language by Efremova:
Wed 1. process of action according to ch. personify, personify 2. The embodiment of some elemental force, natural phenomenon in the image of a living being. Ott. ... - PERSONALIZATION in the Large Modern Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language:
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Writers, with the aim of aesthetically influencing readers through artistic images and expressing their thoughts through symbols, feelings and emotions, use in their literary works a variety of means of artistic expression - tropes used figuratively to enhance the imagery of language and expressiveness of speech.
Such literary devices include personification, also called personification or prosopopoeia. Often this trope helps to depict nature in lyrics, endowing it with human qualities and properties.
In ancient times, the animation of natural forces among ancient people was a way of understanding and perceiving the world, an attempt to interpret the structure of the world. Most readers perceive poetic works without thinking about why the device of personification is used.
Personification is a literary and linguistic device based on the transfer of human characteristics and attributes to inanimate things and phenomena of the surrounding world.
This literary device is a special case of metaphor; it helps to create unique semantic models that give the work color and figurative expressiveness.
Using this technique, objects in literary works are given:
- gift of speech;
- talent to think;
- the ability to feel;
- ability to worry;
- ability to act.
Even the most common colloquial phrases can represent elements of ancient tropes, when in conversation people say that “the sun rises and sets,” “the stream runs,” “the snowstorm howls,” “the frost draws patterns,” and “the leaves whisper.”
Here are the most obvious examples of the use of personification in live oral speech. The ancient Greeks figuratively depicted happiness in the form of the capricious goddess Fortuna.
The term “personification” has a Latin synonym – “personification” (person + do); among the ancient Greeks it sounds like “prosopopoeia”.
Wikipedia defines personification as a term used in psychology when the qualities of one person are mistakenly attributed to another.
In ancient Greek mythology, the relationship between the gods Uranus and Gaia was interpreted as a marriage bond connecting heaven and earth, as a result of which mountains, vegetation, and fauna appeared.
Our ancient ancestors correlated Perun with thundering and sparkling natural phenomena; other gods were responsible in mythology for the wind, water, and sun.
It is in mythology that speaking representatives of the animal world initially appear, and things perform actions completely uncharacteristic for them.
Important! In myths, using a concrete example, it was much easier to interpret and illustrate the essence of things, the motives for the occurrence of phenomena and the emergence of humanity.
Many gods, embodied in objects deprived of souls, were endowed with living characters. Moreover, the myths were perceived quite realistically, and the listeners believed that this was actually happening.
Often the literary device of personalization is heard in fairy tales, where objects can move independently, animals are able to speak with human voices and think like people. Fairy tales are not intended to explain incomprehensible phenomena; all the characters in them are fictitious.
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The artistic technique is often used in literary works of prose and lyrical genres to solve various problems. Personifications add emotional nuances to the text, drawing the reader’s attention to the content of the work and serving to better perceive it.
In the poem by A.A. Blok there are examples of personification: “nurse silence” in one, in another - “the white dress sang in the beam”, “winter storms cried”, “starry dreams soared”, “strings cried”.
The literary device is also presented in the works of B.L. Pasternak: “the forest... drops sweat in drops,” “July, carrying the fluff of dandelions.”
Pay attention! Literary technique is often used not only in works of fiction, but also in popular science literature, and also as one of the marketing principles.
A literary device can stimulate the reader’s imagination, giving him the opportunity to experience the content of a work more picturesquely and expressively.
Quite often used in game methods of teaching children.
For example, when studying fables saturated with these tropes, animals are endowed with various human properties, as in the fable of I.A. Krylov "Quartet".
As a result, children perceive the plot of the work more vividly and understand the moral. It is not always possible to determine why personification is used.
Experts note the increasing stages of trope distinction based on their action in a literary work and in conversation:
The conceptual content of tropes can have many nuances.
In “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign,” imagery and expressiveness are achieved through literary devices that personify natural phenomena. Plants and animals are endowed with emotions, the ability to empathize with the author and characters, and they, in turn, turn to the forces of nature for help and receive it.
In Pushkin’s “The Tale of the Dead Princess,” the prince directly questions the animate forces of nature. In the fables of I.A. Krylov's trope means something different; it is used as an allegory: the wolf personifies cruelty, the monkey - stupidity.
Plyushkin is a symbol of extreme stinginess, Manilov is a symbol of unreasonable daydreaming.
And A.S. Pushkin's means of expression receives social and political meaning.
The subtext of ancient personifications is moralizing and interesting to our contemporaries.
The word "zodiac" is translated from Greek as "animals in a circle", and the twelve zodiac signs symbolize key features of human nature.
Such words usually correctly establish the qualities of people, and their use in ordinary conversation makes the speech brighter and more attractive.
The everyday speech of people whom everyone is interested in listening to or reading is also usually full of tropes, but people are so accustomed to hearing them that they do not even perceive these phrases as a literary device.
This began with the use in conversation of quotations from works of literature, which became an inseparable part of speech, turning into everyday expressions. A typical trope is the phrase “the clock is rushing,” but it is no longer perceived as a figurative device.
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It is from literary works that new personifications appear, which serve for greater expressiveness, and they are not at all difficult to find.
Personifications in the works of S.A. Yesenin: “the forest rings with gilded coniferous trees,” “the fir trees dream of the hubbub of the mowers,” “the willows hear the whistling of the wind,” “the golden grove dissuaded,” “the bird cherry tree sprinkles snow,” “in the evening the feather grass whispered to the traveler,” “the hemp tree is dreaming.”
In the poem by N.A. Zabolotsky: “the stream, panting, sings,” “the heart does not hear the correct harmonies,” “sad nature lies around, sighing heavily.” These examples show what personification is in literature.
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Personification is considered a wonderful tool that, through successful use, allows one to enhance the expressiveness and emotionality of a literary work or everyday speech.
The technique can be used in many cases - from myths and folklore to popular science texts. Many of them have entered our speech so firmly that they are not even felt as expressive means, but have become everyday and familiar.
Writers and poets regularly create new, memorable, bright and imaginative personifications, captivating readers with picturesque pictures and conveying their mood.
The meaning of the word PERSONIFICATION in the Dictionary of Literary Terms
PERSONALIZATION
Type of trope: depiction of inanimate objects, in which they are endowed with the properties of living beings (the gift of speech, the ability to think, feel, experience, act), and are likened to a living being. For example: “What are you howling about, night wind? // Why are you complaining so madly?” (F.I. Tyutchev); “Through the wavy fogs // The moon makes its way” (A.S. Pushkin). A type of metaphor (see metaphor).
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[or personification] - an expression that gives an idea of a concept or phenomenon by depicting it in the form of a living person endowed with properties ... - PERSONALIZATION in the Big Encyclopedic Dictionary:
(prosopopoeia) a type of metaphor, transferring the properties of animate objects to inanimate ones (“Her nurse is silence...”, A. A. ... - PERSONALIZATION in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, TSB:
prosopopoeia (from the Greek prosopon - face and poieo - I do), personification (from the Latin persona - face, personality and facio - ... - PERSONALIZATION in the Encyclopedic Dictionary:
, -I, Wed. 1. see personify. 2. what. About a living being: the embodiment of some. features, properties. Plyushkin - o. stinginess. ABOUT. … - PERSONALIZATION in the Big Russian Encyclopedic Dictionary:
PERSONIFICATION (prosopopoeia), a type of metaphor, transferring the properties of animate objects to inanimate ones (“Her nurse is silence...”, A.A. ... - PERSONALIZATION in the Complete Accented Paradigm according to Zaliznyak:
personification, personification, personification, personification, personification, personification, personification, personification, personification, personification, personification, ... - PERSONALIZATION in the Dictionary of Linguistic Terms:
(Greek prosopopoieia, from prosopon - face + poieo - doing). A trope consisting of attributing signs and properties to inanimate objects... - PERSONALIZATION in the Thesaurus of Russian Business Vocabulary:
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personifications, cf. (book). 1. units only Action according to verb. personify-personify. The personification of the forces of nature among primitive peoples. 2. what. An incarnation of some kind. ... - PERSONALIZATION in Ephraim's Explanatory Dictionary:
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Wed 1. process of action according to ch. personify, personify 2. The embodiment of some elemental force, natural phenomenon in the image of a living being. Ott. ... - PERSONALIZATION in the Large Modern Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language:
Wed 1. process of action according to ch. personify, personify 2. The result of such an action; embodiment, concrete, real expression of something. Ott. Incarnation... - FEMINISM in the Newest Philosophical Dictionary.
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PERSONIFICATION (or personification) is an expression that gives an idea of a concept or phenomenon by depicting it in the form of a living person endowed with the properties of this concept (for example, the Greek and Roman depiction of happiness in the form of a capricious goddess of fortune, etc.). Very often O. is used when depicting nature, endowed with certain human traits, “animated”, for example: “the sea laughed” (Gorky) or the description of the flood in Pushkin’s “The Bronze Horseman”: “...Neva all night / rushed to the sea against the storm, / not having overcome their violent foolishness... / and she was unable to argue... / The weather became even more ferocious, / the Neva swelled and roared... / and suddenly, like a frantic beast, / on the city rushed.../Siege! Attack! evil waves/like thieves climb through the windows,” etc.
O. was especially in use in precision and false-classical poetry, where it was carried out consistently and extensively; in Russian literature, examples of such O. were given by Tredyakovsky: “Ride to the Island of Love”, (St. Petersburg), 1730.
O. is essentially, therefore, a transference of signs of animation onto a concept or phenomenon and represents it as such. arr. type of metaphor (see). Trails.
Literary encyclopedia. - At 11 t.; M.: Publishing House of the Communist Academy, Soviet Encyclopedia, Fiction. Edited by V. M. Fritsche, A. V. Lunacharsky. 1929-1939 .
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Literature and language. Modern illustrated encyclopedia. - M.: Rosman. Edited by prof. Gorkina A.P. 2006 .
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PERSONALIZATION Also personification(lat. persona and facio), prosopopoeia(Greek Προσωποποια), is a stylistic term denoting the depiction of an inanimate or abstract object as animate. The question of how much personification corresponds to the poet’s actual view of things goes beyond stylistics and relates to the field of worldview in general. Where the poet himself believes in the animation of the object he depicts, one should not even talk about personification as a phenomenon of style, for it is then connected not with the techniques of depiction, but with a certain, animistic worldview and attitude. The object is already perceived as animate and is depicted as such. It is in this sense that many personifications in folk poetry must be interpreted, when they relate not to techniques, not to a form of expression, but to the animated object itself, i.e., to the content of the work. This is especially evident in any mythological work. On the contrary, personification, as a phenomenon of style, appears in those cases when it is used as allegory, i.e., as an image of an object that stylistically transforms his. Of course, it is not always possible to establish with accuracy what order of personification we are dealing with, just as in a metaphor it is difficult to find objective signs of the degree of its real imagery. Therefore, stylistic research often cannot do without attracting data from the field of individual poetic worldview. Thus, many personifications of natural phenomena in Goethe, Tyutchev, and the German romantics should not be considered as a stylistic device, but as essential features of their general view of the world. These, for example, are Tyutchev’s personifications of the wind - “What are you howling about, night wind, Why are you complaining so madly?”; a thunderstorm that “will suddenly and recklessly run into the oak grove”; lightning, which “like deaf-mute demons, conduct a conversation among themselves”; trees that “joyfully tremble, bathing in the blue sky” - for all this is consistent with the poet’s attitude towards nature, which he himself expressed in a special poem: “Not what you think, nature is not a cast, not a soulless face. It has a soul, it has freedom, it has love, it has language,” etc. On the contrary, in works such as fables, parables, and in various types of allegory (see), we should talk about personification , as an artistic device. Compare, for example, Krylov’s fables about inanimate objects (“Cauldron and Pot”, “Guns and Sails”, etc.)
Especially in cases of the so-called. incomplete personification, it is a common stylistic device that is used not only by poetry, but also by everyday speech. Here we are dealing, strictly speaking, only with individual elements of personification, which have often become so commonplace in everyday speech that their direct meaning is no longer felt. Wed, for example, such expressions as: “The sun rises, sets”, “the train is coming”, “streams are running”, “the moan of the wind”, “the howling of the motel”, etc. Most of these expressions are one of the types of metaphor , and the same should be said about their meaning in poetic style as about metaphor (see). Examples of stylistic personifications: “The air does not want to overcome its drowsiness... The stars of the night, Like accusatory eyes, look at him mockingly. And the poplars, crowded in a row, shaking their heads low, like judges whispering among themselves” (Pushkin); “Nozdryov had long ago stopped whistling, but there was one pipe in the barrel organ, a very lively one, that did not want to calm down, and for a long time afterwards it whistled alone” (Gogol); “A bird will fly out - my longing, sit on a branch and begin to sing” (Akhmatova). The depiction of plants and animals in the image of people, as found in fairy tales, fables, and animal epics, can also be considered a type of personification.
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