ARTISTIC FUNCTION OF COLOR IN PROSE (ON THE EXAMPLE OF O. HENRY'S STORY "THE GREEN DOOR")

Abstract

The article examines the importance of color in highlighting a creative idea in a work of art. The extent to which color is used in a prose work determines its influence on revealing the writer's artistic idea, and the "color space" through which the source of the artistic idea initially passes is also important, and as a result, the symbolic expressive properties of this color are absorbed into the artistic conclusion made as a result of the impact of this color on all images, details and other parts of the plot of the work, which is characterized by its symbolic expressive properties, is examined using the example of O. Henry's story "The Green Door". If in a lyrical work, the symbolism of color is used to reveal extremely bright and sharp ideological and aesthetic connections, then in a prose work, the artistic conclusion made is imbued with the symbolic expressive properties of this color. It is argued that the writer's artistic idea in the work is revealed through the symbolic expression of the color green.