THE ORIGINS OF COLOR EXPRESSIONISM IN THE NOVEL «MOSCOW» BY ANDREY BELY

Abstract

Andrey Bely is an outstanding representative of the expressionism in the Russian literature. In «Moscow», we note the increased attention of the writer to a verbal painting similar to works of artists-expressionists. Expressionism of A. Bely is an original phenomenon, which was manifested in coloristics novel «Moscow». Its origins are the peculiarities of writer’s attitude, N. Gogol’s prose, the bright colors of nature, fine art works of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, 17th century (Europe) and 20th century (Russia), the Gospel. The variety of sources resulted in wealth of coloristics «Moscow». Color often has a symbolic semantics. A. Bely’s coloristic experiments were fruitful for the development of ornamental prose - a special direction in the Russian literature of the twentieth century.