The concept of allusion

Abstract

Any work of art is a product of the writer's creative imagination. With the help of fiction, the author summarizes the facts of reality, embodies his view of the world, demonstrates his creative energy. But, on the other hand, every artistic fiction has as its source the objectively existing surrounding world: Where the writer ceases to be the one who records and becomes an inventor, there disappears any connection between him and society. Thus, analyzing and synthesizing life facts, the author creates a new reality, unique in its characters and events, but still prototypically reflects the objective state of affairs. However, writers often resort to already existing specific images or elements of reality, weaving them into the fabric of their fiction. Learning the surrounding world, human consciousness constantly draws parallels with the already known, compares, categorizes facts and builds them into a certain hierarchy. The writer appeals to the reader's associative fund, striving for a more evident and vivid image of reality. Similar references to elements of reality in the artistic text can be embodied in various forms: in the form of repeated plots and images, famous sayings, names of prominent personalities and many other things. Depending on the nature of the reference, the way and scope of its representation in the text, such literary phenomena as quotation, allusion, reminiscence, remake, centon, travesty and some others are distinguished. In our study, we focus on the stylistic reception of allusion and its evaluation potential.