Reflection of author’s image in authorly-precedent comparative constructions (based on the material of the novel «Gift» by V. Nabokov)

The authorly-precedent comparative constructions in V. Nabokov`s novel «Gift», their possibilities in game stylistics of the text are considered. Being one of the constituents in the individual author`s picture of the world, comparative constructions involve a reader`s associative and figurative experience, stir up one`s cognitive activity and predeterminate «author–reader» contact in the course of creation and comprehension of the art text.