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PIANO: THE VICTORIAN IMAGE-SYMBOL IN NEO-VICTORIAN CONSCIOUSNESS (BY THE MATERIAL OF THE FILM “THE PIANO” BY J. CAMPION)

Yuliya Stanislavovna Skorokhod'ko
V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University


Submitted: April 1, 2016
Abstract. In the article the image of piano as one of Victorian images-symbols in neo-Victorian art is considered, the place of the piano image in the system of images in J. Campion’s film “The Piano” is identified. As a result of the research the author concludes that the piano image in J. Campion’s film performs at least three functions: it causes association with the English way of life in the XIX century, it is of interest for neo-Victorian consciousness as one of the elements of the Victorian value system ​​and it takes the key position in the system of the film images.
Key words and phrases:
викторианство
неовикторианство
неовикторианское кино
викторианский образ-символ
фортепиано
женский вопрос
колониальная проблематика
Victorian era
neo-Victorianism
neo-Victorian movie
Victorian image-symbol
piano
women’s issue
colonial subject matter
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