REPRESENTATION OF THE CONCEPT “QUARANTINE” IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN PRECEDENT TEXTS OF COMIC GENRES

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to reveal common linguocultural characteristics of the concept “quarantine” in the English-language and Russian-language worldviews. Scientific originality of the study lies in the fact that for the first time the perception of quarantine measures against COVID-19 is reconstructed using English and Russian texts of comic genres. Special attention is paid to the detection of the cultural and social background that serves as a source of conceptual characteristics in English-speaking countries and Russia. It has been found that the common characteristics of the concept are represented in English and Russian texts of comic genres in three aspects: the task of quarantine, changes in people’s lives and psychological factors. The authors come to the conclusion that the reason for the great number of characteristics in the concept “quarantine” in the English-speaking and Russian worldviews can be explained by the similar psycho-emotional reactions in response to identical measures taken by the governments of different countries to cope with the pandemics.