%0 Journal Article
%T THE IMAGE OF A WRITER IN NOBEL LECTURES DELIVERED BY LAUREATES IN LITERATURE
%A Larysa Pavlenko
%J Language: Classic ¨C Modern ¨C Postmodern
%P 68-79
%@ 2616-7115
%D 2018
%R 10.18523/lcmp2522-92812018156153
%X Background. A growing interest in discursive nature of Nobel lectures resulted in a number of studies which emphasize their rhetorical force to influence public opinion and to popularize ideas in different spheres of human life. Analyzing Literature Laureates¡¯ lectures, most researchers focus on linguistic means and the personality of the Nobelist himself/herself. However, characteristics of a writer proper have not been dealt with indepth. This article maintains our previous study, which indicates a close relationship between the content component of the Nobel lecture and the laureate¡¯ outlook; the lecture itself can be regarded as a brief but extremely powerful expression of his/her human and professional qualities.

Purpose. The aim of this paper is to examine how literature laureates interpret the notion of a writer in their Nobel lectures and to identify main common themes in creating this collective image.

Methods. A method of linguistic description and observation, a descriptive method, and a contextual-interpretation method were employed to analyse the sample of 17 Nobel lectures.

Results. The outcomes of our study indicate that Nobel lectures are extremely powerful expression of prizewinners¡¯ human and professional qualities. We have devised a set of five themes, namely the writer¡¯s social duty, his/her destiny, literary background, tools, and literary outcome to describe the collective image of a writer. Within the framework of our research, literary background falls into two subthemes (literary heritage and a personal writing process); discussing the writer¡¯s toolkit, we focus on language and words.

Discussion. Our findings show that laureates develop the concept ¡°writer¡± to varying degrees but all of them stress a direct interconnection between an active social position and the writer¡¯s destiny. Further research can involve the in-depth study of a definite Nobel lecture in terms of the compositional structure and employed linguistic means.
%K public speaking
%K the Nobel lecture
%K the literature laureate
%K the content component
%K the image of a writer
%K a social role
%U http://lcmp.ukma.edu.ua/article/view/156153