REPRESENTATION OF THE CONCEPTS “DOCTOR” AND “PATIENT” IN RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE TEXTS OF COMIC GENRES

Abstract

The article explores the representation of the concepts DOCTOR and PATIENT in Russian-language precedent texts of comic genres. The objective of the article is to identify and describe the characteristics of these concepts, along with reasons for their emergence. The scientific originality lies in its use of Russian-language precedent comic texts to reconstruct the described mental units. The findings reveal a broad representation of the concepts DOCTOR and PATIENT within these precedent texts. It has been established that each concept possesses a distinctive set of characteristics. Notably, these concepts exibit a unic feature: verbalized by the same words they contain contradictory characteristics as well as shifting positive and negative assessments based on who is a target of humour in the text. The authors attribute this peculiarity to the representation of the worldviews of two social groups within the Russian-language precedent texts of comic genres.