The Other and Duality in O. Wilde’s Novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray”
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2024-07Journal Name:
Журнал Сибирского федерального университета. 2024 17(7). Journal of Siberian Federal University.Humanities & Social Sciences 2024 17(7)The article is focused on the category of the Other and its connection with duality and identity in O. Wilde’s novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray”. The problem is considered on the material of M. Abkina’s translation as an example of the identity manifestation, of the source and receiving cultures, the identity of the authors of the original text and translation. The concepts of immobile identity (IDEM) and mobile identity (IPSE) are considered. The polyphonism of the Other as a source of duality is identified and described. The authors present classification of the components of duality: dissimilarity, strangeness, otherness; I‑for‑Self, I‑for‑Others, Picture polyphonism. The conditions of appearance and non- appearance of duality as a result of the author’s differentiation between the Other of the protagonist and the Other of the novel’s characters are revealed. The correlation of implicit and explicit the Other explains the classification of IDEM and IPSE as the basis of the external and internal conflict of the novel. The art ethics in the system of paradoxical thoughts on the relationship between beauty and morality shows Henry Wotton as the Other of the author and his double. The role of paradox as a key to English identity is displayed. The results obtained can be applied in reading courses on literary theory, history of English literature, translation studies, in creating new translations of Wilde’s novel. The relation of identity and duality is justified as a criterion of translation accuracy. The interpretation of duality expands the boundaries of the established ideas about the writer’s theory of aestheticism. Structural-semiotic, statistical, hermeneutic, phenomenological and translation methods have been used