THE ASSOCIATIVE-FIGURATIVE POTENTIAL OF NOMINATIONS OF EMOTIONS IN THE POEM “PROMETHEUS” BY GEORGE GORDON BYRON

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the analysis of associative-figurative potential of nominations of emotions in the poem “Prometheus” by George Gordon Byron within the framework of the linguo-cognitive paradigm, which represents the relevance of this study. The purpose of the study is to determine possible options for the interpretation and classification of the nominations of emotions verbalizing a fragment of the concept “feat” as emotionally charged in the context of the poem “Prometheus” by George Gordon Byron, to conduct a linguo-cognitive analysis of the metaphorical names of emotions and consider the features of the compatibility of the selected nominations of emotions with other lexical units. The analysis of the metaphorical descriptions of the manifestations of emotions carried out in this work has made it possible to reveal the linguistic and cognitive features of the nominations of emotions as part of the emotionally charged concept of “heroic deed”. The researchers come to the conclusion that the identification of the culturally determined specificity of the perception of nominations of emotions allows for a deeper understanding of the individual characteristics of the author’s vision of the emotional sphere and the establishment of nationally specific features of the perception of the emotionally charged concept of “heroic deed” in the English-language picture of the world.