REFLECTION OF THE LINGUISTIC PATTERN OF THE WORLD IN THE WORKS OF CONTEMPORARIES (BASED ON THE WORKS OF EUGENE VODOLAZKIN AND GUZEL YAKHINA)

Abstract

The aim of the study is to analyze the linguistic pattern of the world of contemporary writers Eugene Vodolazkin and Guzel Yakhina, taking into account the system of concepts presented by them. The novelty of the article is explained by the study of the works of contemporaries, whose works remain understudied, and the interest in the interpretation of the concepts that reproduce modern worldview beliefs associated with the understanding of ontological problems about the meaning of life and the role of human in the world. The study is based on the works of E. Vodolazkin (“The Aviator”) and G. Yakhina (“Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes”). With the help of conceptual and semantic-cognitive methods, the works of E. Vodolazkin and G. Yakhina were analyzed; the dominant and most frequently repeated concepts were determined; on the basis of which the conceptual fields were formed, and lexical associative relations of the concepts in the works were determined. The results of the study showed that the linguistic pattern of the world of E. Vodolazkin and G. Yakhina is realized through the dominant concepts, conveying the image of the main character – “woman”, “fate”, “history (for G. Yakhina), representing her inner “I” in relations with the surrounding world and history, as well as philosophical beliefs about the meaning of life and the role of human in the world – “human”, “time”, “prayer” (for E. Vodolazkin). Conceptual fields stay in lexical associative relations, which are realized through the concepts presented in the core zone of each conceptual field (“events” – in E. Vodolazkin, “struggle” and “faith” – in G. Yakhina), on the basis of which the writers’ language pattern of the world is realized.