INTERTEXTUAL POTENTIAL OF BIBLICAL TEXTS (BASED ON THE LITERARY WORKS OF W. SHAKESPEARE)

Abstract

Recently, there has been an increasing interest in the study of the texts of the Bible, in particular, the property of biblical texts to be reproduced in new later texts by means of the stable recurring text components, i.e. phraseological units of biblical origin. The proposed study considers the problem of the specificity of Scripture, acting as an intertextual and precedent text, which generates multiple precedent phenomena – precedent names, situations and quotations. The author notes the peculiarities of the functioning of biblicisms as intertextual units of biblical etymology based on the works of W. Shakespeare. The author substantiates the assumption that firstly, the texts of the works of English playwright W. Shakespeare contain a large number of intertextual units of biblical etymology; secondly, in most cases these references represent biblical phraseological units, which we understand as precedent units of biblical origin; thirdly, an adequate and successful interpretation of the artistic concept of works, understanding their depth depends on the knowledge and isolation of biblical phraseological units in the text.