THE MANIFESTATION OF SOPHIE KINSELLA’S CONCEPTUAL PROFILE IN THE POST-FEMININE ERA

Abstract

This study strives to illuminate multiple peculiarities of the works of the British author Madeleine Wickham, widely known as Sophie Kinsella. Subsequently, the idea of the writer’s conceptual profile is elaborated. Based on a scrutinised analysis of the author’s various novels and the interpretation of the phenomenon of post-feminism and the role of the Chick Lit genre in the author’s artistic endeavour, the identification of two conceptual systems of Sophie Kinsella was deduced. Albeit the general study of the works of the particular British writer, significant characteristics remain neglected. Hence, the most valuable contribution of this article is the development of an extensive author’s conceptual system that, additionally, stimulates the amelioration of comprehension of Sophie Kinsella’s novels and her overall worldview. Furthermore, the findings can be implemented into such academic courses as sociolinguistics, semiotics and cognitive linguistics.

Keywords

• с. кинселла
• м. уикхем
• концептуальный профиль
• постфеминизм
• чиклит
• s. kinsella
• m. wickham
• conceptual profile
• post-feminism
• chick lit