Achromatic color palette in Scarlet sails by Alexander Grin

Jolanta Chomko

Uniwersytet w Białymstoku, Wydział Filologiczny, Instytut Filologii Wschodniosłowiańskiej

Abstract

The object of the analysis are achromatic color names in Scarlet sails of Alexander Grin. Color expressions are an inseperable part of the world description. The researched material provides valuable information about the models of perception, association and interpretation of the world presented in the novel. The field of black color is represented by adjectives, such as, черный, почерневший, the field of white is represented by lexemes белый, белизна, белокурый, белевший, серебряный, and field of grey – by lexemes серый, седой, полуседой, стальной, серея, поседевший. These are relatively richly represented fields. The studied material shows that the writer mostly uses the achromatic color names in a conventional way and uses them to create the presented world. All three colors are mainly connected with semantic fields related to man and nature. The objects related to human environment and work are characterized by achromatic colors relatively rarely.

Keywords:

Grin, idiolekt pisarza, semantyka barw, barwy achromatyczne