MILITARY DISCOURSE IN THE WORKS OF SCOTTISH POETS-EMIGRANTS OF THE USA OF THE XIXTH CENTURY: SCOTTISH CONTEXT

Abstract

The article deals with the military discourse of Scottish poets-emigrants of the USA of the XIXth century related to Scotland. The history of Scotland is the history about struggle for freedom and independence, which were never crowned with success. This history is replete with heroes who could become the main characters of military discourse, but in the poems of poets-emigrants only Robert the Bruce, Sir William Wallace, Mary I Stuart and Prince Charlie Stuart are depicted in close-up. The folklore tradition is dominant in the characterological description, which explains the appeal to such artistic means as hyperbolization, generalization and idealization. The poetic texts of the cycle are marked by positive appraisal and an abundance of laudative motifs.

Keywords

• шотландия
• сша
• эмиграция
• поэзия
• xix век
• военный дискурс
• scotland
• the usa
• emigration
• poetry
• xixth century
• military discourse