URBANISTIC COGNITIVE MATRIX OF PETERSBURG IN FOCUS ON THE REALIZATION OF THE MAIN CONCEPTS IN F.M. DOSTOEVSKY’S NOVEL “CRIME AND PUNISHMENT”
Abstract
The article is
devoted to the research of the concept “Petersburg” on the basis of F.M.
Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment” from the perspective of cognitive
linguistics and literary studies. The concept “Petersburg” is described as a
space-time continuum of the narration in the aspect of realization of the central
concepts of the literary work reflecting the philosophical and ethical picture
of the world of an outstanding writer. The space-time continuum forms a flow of
thoughts and feelings of the personages and reveals a conceptual analysis of
crime and punishment in a procedural-event aspect.
The concept
“Petersburg” is presented in the form of the cognitive matrix (according to
N.N. Boldyrev) with the sub-concept “Bridge” as a central element of the
structure, which activates several significant cognitive contexts (frames of
interpretation by Charles J. Fillmore):
1. “Bridge” as
a temporal-event division of the narration in two parts: crime and punishment;
Bridge symbolizes “the point of no return” to the
previous life, “the point of life and death” and isolation of the hero, as well
as inevitability of punishment.
2. “Bridge” as
a spatial-social division of a habitable environment; the description of the
external environment typical for poor people of Petersburg reveals the social
grounds for mad ideas of “superman”.
3. “Bridge” as
a difficult moral rebirth of the main personage from the idea of “superman” to
comprehension of the divine soul of every human being by repentance.
Thus, the
cognitive matrix of Petersburg reflects the cognitive structure of the
narration in time and space continuum as wholeness.
linguistics, cognitive matrix, the idea of “superman”, bridge, yellow and black
colour, disease, odour, noise, poverty, life and death.
Keywords
concept Petersburg crime punishment space-time continuum cognitive linguistic cognitive matrix the idea of"superman" bridge yellow and black colour odour noise poverty life and death
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Abstract
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| Primary Language | English |
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| Journal Section | Articles |
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| Publication Date | September 15, 2019 |
| Submission Date | July 18, 2019 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2019Volume: 5 Issue: 14 |
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