EXISTENTIAL MOTIVES IN G. LYSENKO’S WORLD VIEW

Abstract

The article presents a study of existential motifs in the poetry of Gennady Lysenko, the greatest poet of the Far East in the second half of the 20th century. The main task is to consider features of representation of the concept “fate” as part of the field of the concept sphere “predestination” in the poet’s lyrics and compare them with representations in the Russian linguistic picture of the world. In the course of the study, the researchers rely on the theory of structure of the concept by Vladimir Karasik, which highlights figurative, conceptual and value aspects. By sampling from the poet’s poems, the authors find 28 representations of the concept of fate, coinciding with representations from the Russian linguistic picture of the world and 5 author’s unique representations (Destiny as a dependency, that makes a person feel more relaxed when he explores it / Fate as flower seeds / Fate as a rough piece of bread / Fate as a geographical map / Fate as a canvas with holes). As a result of the conceptual analysis, the researchers conclude that Gennady Lysenko’s concept of fate is presented as a mysterious omnipotent and inevitable force endowed with negative connotations. Nevertheless, the author, feeling responsible for his life, tries to resist it.