THE REALIZATION OF PROTHTECONOMIC CONCEPTS IN THE NOVEL «FINANCIER» BY THEODORE DREISER

Abstract

The subject of the study is the concepts of BUSINESSMAN, BUSINESS, MONEY, WEALTH, POVERTY, SUCCESS, which are allocated to a separate group of prothteconomic concepts that are defined as units of prothtologic (commonly used) and scientific (economic) knowledge. The article selects and systematizes the lexical units that implement prothteconomic concepts in the novel “Financier” by Theodore Dreiser. The lexical and semantic analysis allows identifying the main features of the concepts under study. The greatest variety of features is manifested in the concepts of WEALTH and POVERTY; the concepts of MONEY and BUSINESS have a minimum number of features. Quantitative and statistical analysis has shown that the concept of BUSINESSMAN is represented by the largest number of features, and the concepts of WEALTH and POVERTY have the smallest number of features. Most lexical units in the novel have a prothtologic meaning, scientific and economic significance is realized by 1/4 of the lexical units.