THE POETICS OF THE CELESTIAL BODIES IN M. SEBASTIAN’S PLAY “THE NAMELESS STAR”

Abstract

The article reveals the main meanings of images of celestial bodies in M. Sebastian’s play “The Nameless Star” based on the analysis of the author’s individual interpretation of the semantics of celestial bodies. The main problem is modeling of the artistic world of the playwright who did not have time to create his own aesthetics of creativity. The article also examines images of celestial bodies based on the cognitive method, which, being a significant component of the work, allow us to reveal the theme and the idea of the play. The peculiarity of the aspect of the undertaken analysis is that in the dramatic work the meaning of the celestial bodies is revealed indirectly. In the undertaken research, the author’s meaning of the stars, constellations, planets and other celestial bodies named in the work is compared with their traditional semantics, while the image of the nameless star receives a particularly capacious symbolic meaning.