Means of Characterization of the Image of the Russian Anglomaniac Gentleman Muromsky in Pushkin’s Story “The Peasant Lady”

Aim. To study the key means of creating and evaluating the image of Grigory Ivanovich Muromsky, a Russian Anglomaniac gentleman, in the text of A. S. Pushkin's novel “The Peasant Lady”.

Methodology. Based on a targeted sampling of the units from the text of the story that helped the author create the image of Ivan Grigoryevich Muromsky, a range of key tools acting as predicates and characterizing the character as an Anglomaniac and a Russian gentleman was determined. The methods of analysis used are the description of the semantics of resources with the involvement of lexicographic sources, interpretation, elements of component analysis, functional and semantic method.

Results. Analysis of the means of predication, forms and ways of expressing the predicate, the use of opportunities to attribute additional predicative features using second predication made it possible to show that A. S. Pushkin sought to create a dynamic image of a character with a Russian basis of character, the development of which is complicated by a passion for the achievements of the British economy as a current trend of the time, a change in the cultural paradigm in the Russian nobility’s life. It is confirmed that anglomania, which seemed to be an oddity, with a slight irony appearing in the nature of connotations, is presented by the author with a certain degree of affection as an original feature of the image of the Russian landowner Muromsky.

Research implications. The study confirms the importance of referring to the text of A. S. Pushkin’s novella “The Peasant Lady” when getting acquainted with the constants and variables of Russian culture peculiar to the life of the nobility of the 19th century; the results can be used in studying the work of A. S. Pushkin and the features of the images of the text of the novella using the long-read method relevant in the digital era.

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