STYLISTIC MEANS OF REFLECTING RUSSIAN NATIONAL MINDSET IN THE PAREMIC CORPUS OF THE LANGUAGE AND PECULIARITIES OF THEIR INTERLANGUAGE TRANSMISSION

Abstract

The work studies stylistic means of reflecting the Russian national mindset in the paremic corpus of the language and peculiarities of their interlanguage transmission. In the article the fairytale discourse as an integral part of the paremic corpus of the language is described and its role for the study of the Russian people’s mindset is defined. Based on the analysis of the text of S.T. Aksakov’s fairy tale “The Little Scarlet Flower” and its translation into English, three fundamental features of the Russian national mindset are determined: the immensity of the Russian soul; willingness to sacrifice oneself for the benefit of public interests and the spiritual and moral basis of the Russian family structure, associated with respect for elders and care of children. Within the framework of the analysis, specific stylistic means are identified that embody each specific feature of the Russian character. As a result, it is found that the shift of significative connotations often occurs during the interlanguage transmission of expressive vocabulary, which is due to notable differences in the specifics of the mindset of the Russians and the British.