NEW APPROACH TO STUDYING METACONCEPT «(SACRAL) SPACE» IN THE CONCEPTOSPHERE OF A FOLK FAIRY TALE

Abstract

The article discusses the theoretical prerequisites for the analysis of the structure and content of the metaconcept (sacral) space in the conceptosphere of a folk fairy tale. The metaconcept space is presented in indissoluble unity with the metaconcept time, which together form a fantastic chronotope of a fairy tale narration. The work is based on the classical works of the fairy tale researchers and mythological space. The author comes to the conclusion about the peculiar nature of the fairy tale space, which is distinguished by heterogeneity and, like time, has the so-called “breaks”. The author approaches the study of the “sacral space” concept in a folk fairy tale from a new perspective, applying the methods and techniques of such a scientific branch as sacred geography. The conclusion is that the sacral space is an object of semiotic analysis, the purpose of which is to study the representation of mythological and folklore ideas in the texts of folk fairy tales. Following many scientists, the author distinguishes between fairy-tale loci and topoi and believes that the main units of fairy-tale space are precisely fabulous topoi, which are defined as locally organized sense-forming spaces that organize the toposphere. The analogy between the toposphere as a kind of common field of interdependent entities and the conceptosphere allows the author to conclude that it is the fabulous topoi that are the filling of the meta-concept (sacral) space in the conceptosphere of a folk fairy tale.