Portrait as Literary Phenomenon in M. V. Nesterov’s Memoirs “My Bygone Days” (by the Example of the Portrait “I. P. Pavlov”)
The purpose of the article is to determine significance and function of a verbal portrait in M. V. Nesterov’s memoirs “My Bygone Days” using a particular representative sketch “I. P. Pavlov” as an example. It is proved that a verbal portrait is an essential means of depicting a character in the studied work, which contributes to understanding of the artist’s style. Scientific novelty of the research lies in considering a verbal portrait in the painter’s prose as a predominant way of depicting characters. The attained results have shown that depiction of characters through a verbal portrait also helps the author to express his own persona, reflect the age in which he lived and worked.