Russian Linguistic Bulletin (Dec 2023)
MODEL “THE HARSH NORTH” IN THE COGNITIVE-PLOT MATRIX OF J. LONDON’S “THE CALL OF THE WILD”
Abstract
The article deals with the language representation as a multifaceted format of interpretive knowledge, as a projection of the individual-author worldview, as a synergy of the writer’s intentions, his idiostyle, and the parameters of the cognitive-plot matrix of the text. Attention is drawn to the both relationship and interdependence of the both language representations and concepts as formats of knowledge, including as formats of literary knowledge. The role of language representations in text literary architectonics is analysed in detail. The presence of dominant language representation in the architectonics of literary text is determined. The fact that the model “The Harsh North” appears as a dominant language representation in the architectonics of the research text is determined. The specific features of the formation of the nominative field of the dominant text language representation of “The Harsh North” are revealed. The prevalence of multi-component nominees in the nominative field of the dominant text representation of “The Harsh North” is determined. The conjugation of the nominative fields of three literary concepts, such as the literary concept of “nature”, the literary concept of “space”, the literary concept of “time” which contributes to the creation of a holistic taxonomic model “The Harsh North” in J. London’s “The Call of the Wild” is revealed.
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