WAYS OF EXPLICATION OF THE CONCEPT “OTHERS” IN JODI PICOULT’S NOVEL-RETROSPECTIVE “NINETEEN MINUTES”
Abstract
The article discusses the peculiarities of the linguistic representation of the concept “OTHERS” in Jodi Picoult's novel "Nineteen minutes". This concept reflects the situation of the confrontation between a school shooter Peter Houghton and his social environment, the representatives of which are “OTHERS” in the eyes of the protagonist. Peter’s conflict with the society is the main component of his destructive worldview, which is realized in the text mainly in the framework of the character’s inner monologue and direct speech. The linguistic actualisators of the analyzed conflict in the text of the novel-retrospective are the verbs, referentially correlated with the actions of OTHERS in relation to Peter and the verbs of the intensional nature, expressing his intentions concerning these OTHERS, as well as the lexemes which serve for Peter’s nomination of them.
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- Published: June 1, 2016.
Keywords
- роман-ретроспектива
- противостояние
- концепт ДРУГИЕ
- деструктивная картина мира
- агрессия
- novel-retrospective
- confrontation
- concept “OTHERS”
- destructive worldview
- aggression
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