CONCEPT AND THEMATIC UNITY OF THE MIGRANT LITERATURE

Abstract

The article deals with substantial thematic features of emigration literature, its conceptual unity is proved. The hypotheses and theoretical parcels are illustrated by examples from English-language works by M. D. Shrayer «Waiting for America» and J. Kwok «Girl in translation», the emphasis at the same time is put on the analysis of cognitive and pragmatic phenomena of different linguocultures (the source and the target ones) in their interaction and interference. Some typological and ethnic-cultural features of modern American novels texts written in an autobiographical format by emigrant writers are marked out in the analysis. The specified interpretation of the concept "migration literature" is given in the article, its key conceptually significant concepts and lexical features are described. The following typological features were distinguished in the research as the key features of the works of migration literature characterized by a high degree of autobiographical character: the existence of "multicultural reality" in the text where the bicultural protagonist emigrant is placed. The development of an image of emigrant as the main character in the course of his sociocultural adaptation in other country acts as a key subject of the novel. The main thematic, conceptual and significant features of this type of works are described. The study allows making a conclusion about a high degree of pragmatism of various linguistic and cultural (source and target) phenomena presented in texts.

Keywords

• literary text
• migration literature
• conceptual unity
• typological and ethnic-cultural features
• linguistic and cultural image of an emigrant