LANGUAGE TOOLS USED TO ACTUALIZE THE CONCEPT OF “MAN” IN RASUL GAMZATOV’S POEM “THE TALE OF KHOCHBAR...”

Abstract

The paper presents a comprehensive study of linguistic means used to actualize the concept of “man” in Rasul Gamzatov’s poem “The Tale of Khochbar...”. Based on the special literature analysis, as well as the use of generalization, structural, semantic, descriptive and comparative analysis methods, those courage symbols that are most common in the Dagestani poets works on historical topics are established. As one of the research tasks, the author identifies its application in features of the poem under study. The researcher describes possible connections between such means on the one hand and the socio-cultural reality in which this and similar works are written on the other. Considerable attention is also paid to determining the possible influence of the Republic Dagestan nations folklore tradition on the appropriate symbols development and application. The author concludes that for the linguistic representation of the concept of “man” Rasul Gamzatov in the poem “The Tale of Khochbar...” uses various linguistic means, such as epithets-adjectives, national and cultural metaphors, comparative constructions, verbal vocabulary.