• Original research article
  • November 12, 2013
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IMAGE OF THE THAMES IN LONDON TEXT OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the image of the Thames, which plays an important role in the semantic organization of the London text of English literature, and which key words are lexemes (the) “Thames” and “river”. The analysis that suggests the conclusion about obscure, ominous atmosphere of this supertext is conducted by the material of the English writers of the XIX th-XX th centuries such as Ch. Dickens, J. Greenwood, J. K. Jerome.

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Author information

Ol'ga Sergeevna Shurupova

Lipetsk Branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Natal'ya Viktorovna Kireeva

Lipetsk Branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

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  • Published: November 12, 2013.

Keywords

  • культура
  • сверхтекст
  • Лондонский текст английской литературы
  • образ Темзы
  • ключевое слово
  • culture
  • supertext
  • London text of English literature
  • image of the Thames
  • key word

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