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UDC 811.161.1`42
DOI 10.20339/PhS.6s-25.128
Gusarov Dmitry A.,
Сandidate of Philology,
Associate Professor of the German Language Department
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation;
Associate Professor of the Russian Language Department No. 1
Institute of the Russian Language
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
e-mail: dmitriy_gusarov@mail.ru
Author ID: 535747, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6844-5792
Bobrova Svetlana V.,
Candidate of Pedagogy,
Associate Professor of the Slavic Studies, General Linguistics and
Culture of Communication Department
Federal State University of Education;
Associate Professor of the Russian Language Department No. 1
Institute of the Russian Language
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
e-mail: bobrova_svetlana@mail.ru
AuthorID: 636899
Melnikova Elena N.,
Senior Lecturer of the Humanities Department
Belarusian-Russian University (Mogilev, Belarus)
e-mail: elnikmel@gmail.com
AuthorID: 867353
The article presents a comprehensive analysis of the linguocultural symbol ‘winter’ in A. Rubanov’s novel “Finist — the Bright Falcon”. The relevance of the study is determined by the need to investigate the artistic transformation of the concept into a full-fledged symbol endowed with high axiological significance and shaping behavioral models of characters within the fantastic archaic world created by the author. The research focuses on identifying and describing the means of representing the concept ‘winter’ through its imagistic and value-based features. The analysis relies on numerous excerpts from the novel containing descriptions of winter, which allowed for identifying key semantic oppositions structuring the concept: life/death, danger/safety, cold/warmth, journey/hibernation. As a result of the study, it was concluded that within the artistic space of the novel, winter transcends its status as a mere season and becomes a key existential circumstance. The axiological core of the linguocultural symbol ‘winter’ is formed around the fundamental opposition of life and death. On the one hand, winter embodies a blind destructive force bringing cold, hunger, and death. On the other hand, it is precisely this lethal nature that creates an imperative for survival, dictating the necessity of thorough preparation, determining economic cycles, and shaping specific social practices and rituals. Thus, in the novel, winter is realized as a complex linguocultural symbol that organizes time, space, and the entire way of life of the characters.
Keywords: winter, linguocultural symbol, concept, literary text, value, behavioral model
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