COOKING TV PROGRAMME AS A GENRE OF GASTRONOMIC DISCOURSE

Abstract

The article presents a study of culinary TV shows as a genre of the gastronomic discourse. The reason for the study of discourse is explained, taking into account its genre palette, and the theoretical and practical significance of the study is justified. The analysis of culinary TV shows is carried out in the aspect of their correlation with the author’s priority classifications of discourses. A brief description of these classifications is given, as well as the characteristics underlying these classifications. The analysis of Russian and British culinary TV shows reveals the specifics of this genre, and confirms the status of gastronomic discourse as a form of communication, embodying, on the one hand, a person-oriented, on the other hand, institutional discourse.