Images of nature in the mirror of similes and comparisons expressed in the voyage diary of Ivan Goncharov "Frigate "Pallada"
The article describes the features of similes and comparisons in the pictures of nature in the «Frigate “Pallada”» by Ivan Goncharov, summarises the history of the issue. A large number of similes and comparisons on different textual levels indicates that the most important feature of Ivan Goncharov’s thinking is associativity. It is the ability to see the world in all its diversity and to synthesise various phenomena by using the technique of comparison. Obviously, similes and comparisons in this book are possible to identify the writer’s dominant worldviews and keynotes. The comparison method actively promotes the expression of emotional, aesthetic and ethical views of the writer, reflects his symbolic representation of the world, realises the author’s idea of ontological community of the processes of natural, mental and spiritual life and relations of nature and man. Special attention is paid to the comparison Ivan Goncharov’s style with romantic aesthetics, in particular, with Goethe’s essay «Nature». The article points to the writer’s innovation in the using of similies by comparing the natural and urban phenomenons.