Russian Linguistic Bulletin (Dec 2020)

PATRIOTIC NATIONAL IDENTITY: THEORETICAL REVIEW (ON THE BASIS OF ХІІІ–ХX CENTURIES SCOTTISH POETRY)

  • Tulup, E.R.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18454/RULB.2020.24.4.3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2020, no. 4 (24)
pp. 166 – 169

Abstract

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The paper deals with the theoretical aspects of national-patriotic discourse on the material of Scottish poetry of the XIII−XX centuries. It investigates two of such key aspects as: national identity of poets of Scotland and the characters of their poetry; the textual forms that embody their identity. The paper presents the data of thesaurus, contextual and mythopoetic (or mythological) methods of research. The key concepts and arguments on which a particular literary text can be attributed to the national-patriotic discourse have been identified on the basis of several analytical methods; the article determines through which specific text elements these concepts manifest themselves. A model of metaanalyse on a text example – the anonymous poems of the XIII century, depicting the disasters of Scotland after the death of king Alexander III (1286) has been analyzed. The notions of “homeland”, “nation”, “national”, “national patriotism”, “ethnic nation”, “political nation”, “state” and “citizens” as well as the essential subjects of the Scottish national-patriotic discourse have been thoroughly analysed.

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