{"id":1436,"date":"2010-09-17T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2014-07-17T13:51:05","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T13:51:05","slug":"reading-%d0%bc%d0%b0%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80-%d0%b8-%d0%bc%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b3%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b0-chapter-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/reading-%d0%bc%d0%b0%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80-%d0%b8-%d0%bc%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b3%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b0-chapter-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading “\u041c\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0440 \u0438 \u041c\u0430\u0440\u0433\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0430”: Chapter 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It looks like we haven\u2019t talked about Master and Margarita for a while. \u00ab\u041f\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0443<\/span>\u043f\u0438\u043c \u043a \u0447\u0435\u0442\u044b<\/span>\u0440\u043d\u0430\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0439 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [Let\u2019s get to Chapter 14] .<\/p>\n

It is intense and sinister, don\u2019t you think? Yet there are also quite a few \u00ab<\/strong>\u044e\u043c\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0435 <\/strong>\u043c\u043e\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u044b\u00bb<\/strong> [comical episodes] that can make even the most serious reader smile. Here also we encounter not one, but two wonderful examples of onomatopoeia<\/a> – \u00ab<\/strong>\u0433\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> and \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443\u043b\u044e\u043b\u044e<\/span>\u043a\u0430\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> as in \u00ab<\/strong>\u044f<\/span><\/strong>\u0432\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e <\/strong>\u0441\u043b\u044b<\/span>\u0448\u043d\u044b\u0439 <\/strong>\u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u043e\u0442 <\/strong>\u0438 <\/strong>\u0443\u043b\u044e\u043b\u044e<\/span>\u043a\u0430\u043d\u044c\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [clearly heard cackles of laughter and hoots].<\/p>\n

This also is where translation falls far short of the original since neither \u201claughter\u201d nor \u201choots\u201d adequately describe the goings-on. And now it\u2019s up to us, the students of Russian, to recreate the street scene from the opening of the Chapter 14 in all its linguistic glory.<\/p>\n

Have you ever tried feeding a flock of Canada geese with some bread? It seems that the more bread you give them, the more and louder they will cackle. Now, in your mind\u2019s eye, replace these \u00ab<\/strong>\u0433\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [geese] with \u00ab<\/strong>\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0451<\/span>\u043b\u044b\u0435 <\/strong>\u043c\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u044b<\/span>\u0435 <\/strong>\u043b\u044e<\/span>\u0434\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [cheery young men] and \u00ab<\/strong>\u043a\u0443\u0441\u043a\u0438<\/span> <\/strong>\u0445\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u0431\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [pieces of bread] with \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0433\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044b\u0435 <\/strong>\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [half-naked women, lit. \u201clittle dames\u201d] and you get a good idea of what \u00ab<\/strong>\u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u043e\u0442\u00bb<\/strong> sounded like to the financial director \u00ab<\/strong>\u0420\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [Rimsky].<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0413\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c – \u044d\u0442\u043e \u0433\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0431\u043e \u0438 \u043d\u0435\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0436\u043b\u0438\u0432\u043e. \u041a\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442\u0443<\/span>\u0440\u043d\u044b\u0435 <\/strong>\u043b\u044e<\/span>\u0434\u0438 <\/strong>\u043d\u0435 <\/strong>\u0433\u043e\u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u0443\u0442\u00bb<\/strong> [To cackle is rude and impolite. Cultured people do not cackle.] Neither do they \u00ab<\/strong>\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [hoot and howl, lit. neigh]. But how do polite and cultured Russians express their mirth? They can \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443\u043b\u044b\u0431\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [to smile], \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443\u0441\u043c\u0435\u0445\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [to smile with a short and quite laugh], \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [to laugh], or \u00ab<\/strong>\u0445\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [roar with laughter].<\/p>\n

Depending on the type of joke and the situation, they might try to \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443\u0441\u043c\u0435\u0445\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f <\/strong>\u0432 <\/strong>\u0443\u0441\u044b<\/span> <\/strong>\u0438<\/span><\/strong>\u043b\u0438 <\/strong>\u0432 <\/strong>\u0440\u0443\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u00bb<\/strong> [to smile into one\u2019s beard or into one\u2019s sleeve], \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c <\/strong>\u0443\u043b\u044b<\/span>\u0431\u043a\u0443\u00bb<\/strong> [hide a smile], \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u043b\u043e\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c <\/strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u0448\u043e<\/span>\u043a\u00bb<\/strong> [to suppress a chuckle], \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e <\/strong>\u0437\u0430\u0441\u043c\u0435\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [to chuckle], \u00ab<\/strong>\u0433\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u043c\u043a\u043e <\/strong>\u0441\u043c\u0435\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00bb <\/strong>[laugh out loud] or \u00ab<\/strong>\u0445\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c <\/strong>\u0432\u043e <\/strong>\u0432\u0441\u0451 <\/strong>\u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043b\u043e\u00bb,<\/strong> \u00ab<\/strong>\u0445\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c <\/strong>\u0434\u043e <\/strong>\u0443\u043f\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u0443\u00bb,<\/strong> or \u00ab<\/strong>\u0445\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c <\/strong>\u0434\u043e <\/strong>\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432\u00bb,<\/strong> all meaning to laugh uproariously, literally – \u201cloudly\u201d, \u201cuntil one falls down\u201d, or \u201cuntil one gets a side-stitch\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u0423\u043b\u044e\u043b\u044e<\/span>\u043a\u0430\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> is even more interesting, especially in the larger context of the book and Bulgakov\u2019s life. Originally \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443\u043b\u044e\u043b\u044e<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> was a command hunters gave to their dogs when directing them to chaise, surround and attack their prey, a process known as \u00ab<\/strong>\u0442\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u043b\u044f\u00bb.<\/strong> The verb \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443\u043b\u044e\u043b\u044e<\/span>\u043a\u0430\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> is linked with another, originally related to hunting, verb \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u0430\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [to sic].<\/p>\n

However, both words are used widely outside of hunting. Thus \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u0430\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> now means \u201cto encourage someone to attack someone else\u201d and \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443\u043b\u044e\u043b\u044e<\/span>\u043a\u0430\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> acquired a second meaning of \u201cto mock and bully someone publicly\u201d. \u00ab<\/strong>\u0422\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u043b\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> also shifted its meaning from \u201chunt\u201d or \u201cchaise\u201d to \u201csingling out, targeting\u201d and \u201charassment\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u041f\u0430<\/span>\u043a\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> is another unpleasant word from this chapter that is used to describe the same street scene: \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u0430 <\/strong>\u0443<\/span><\/strong>\u043b\u0438\u0446\u0435 <\/strong>\u0441\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0448\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c <\/strong>\u0435\u0449\u0451<\/span> <\/strong>\u0447\u0442\u043e<\/span>–<\/strong>\u0442\u043e <\/strong>\u0441\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0435 <\/strong>\u0438 <\/strong>\u043f\u0430<\/span>\u043a\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [something else scandalous and nasty has happened outside]. The noun \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0430<\/span>\u043a\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> means dirt, nastiness, filthiness. Definitely not a nice word! Yet you won\u2019t hear it all that often nowadays. Unfortunately, it\u2019s not for the lack of nastiness itself, but rather because it was replaced by other synonyms – \u00ab<\/strong>\u0433\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c\u00bb, \u00ab<\/strong>\u0434\u0440\u044f\u043d\u044c\u00bb, \u00ab<\/strong>\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0437\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c\u00bb.<\/strong> Another synonym, also used in this dark chapter is \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0430\u0441\u043a\u0443<\/span>\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u00bb<\/strong> [nastiness].<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0412\u043e\u0442 \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u044f \u043c\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0447\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043a\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0430 \u0432\u044b\u0440\u0438\u0441\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f. \u0427\u0442\u043e \u0437\u0430 \u043f\u0435\u0442\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0448\u043a\u0430?\u00bb<\/strong> [Such a gloomy picture is being revealed. What\u2019s up with that?]<\/p>\n

By the way, speaking of \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0435\u0442\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0448\u043a\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [parsley], recall that the same financial director Rimsky asks just a few pages later this question – \u00ab<\/strong>\u0447\u0442\u043e <\/strong>\u043e\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442 <\/strong>\u0432\u0441\u044f <\/strong>\u044d<\/span><\/strong>\u0442\u0430 <\/strong>\u043f\u0435\u0442\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0448\u043a\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [what\u2019s the meaning of all this mess].<\/p>\n

The idiom \u00ab<\/strong>\u0447\u0442\u043e <\/strong>\u044d<\/span><\/strong>\u0442\u043e <\/strong>\u0437\u0430 <\/strong>\u043f\u0435\u0442\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0448\u043a\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> means \u201cwhat does it mean\u201d and is generally used to express one\u2019s \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0443\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [bewilderment] combined with \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0432\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u00bb<\/strong> [discontent] regarding a given situation. However, it is not an expression that a well-educated and cultured person, such as Rimsky, would use since it\u2019s just too \u00ab<\/strong>\u043e\u0431\u0438\u0445\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [colloquial]. Note that just a bit earlier Rimsky phrased the same question differently: \u00ab<\/strong>\u0447\u0442\u043e <\/strong>\u0432\u0441\u0451 <\/strong>\u044d<\/span><\/strong>\u0442\u043e <\/strong>\u0437\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0447\u0438\u0442?!\u00bb<\/strong> [what\u2019s the meaning of all this?!]. Maybe Rimsky chose this less formal phrase to set a warmer tone with his strangely-acting administrator, Varenuha?<\/p>\n

It never occurred to me before, but isn\u2019t it interesting how Bulgakov reserves such dark, menacing, heavy language for a chapter that deals with secondary characters doing something that has no bearing on plot development. Is Bulgakov \u00ab<\/strong>\u0437\u0430\u0434\u0430\u0451<\/span>\u0442 <\/strong>\u0442\u043e\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> [setting the stage] for a darker narrative that follows?<\/p>\n

What other \u201cdark\u201d words and phrases have you spotted in this chapter?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

It looks like we haven\u2019t talked about Master and Margarita for a while. \u00ab\u041f\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u0438\u043c \u043a \u0447\u0435\u0442\u044b\u0440\u043d\u0430\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0439 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u0435\u00bb [Let\u2019s get to Chapter 14] . It is intense and sinister, don\u2019t you think? Yet there are also quite a few \u00ab\u044e\u043c\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u043c\u043e\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442\u044b\u00bb [comical episodes] that can make even the most serious reader smile. Here also we encounter…<\/p>\n

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