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METAPHORIC REPRESENTATION OF THE INNER WORLD, DIFFICULTIES IN PRODUCING AND UNDERSTANDING THESE METAPHORS (BASED ON THE NOVEL “MIND PARASITES” BY C. WILSON). // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2011. Issue 9 (111). P. 111-117

The article is devoted to the metaphors, displaying the inner world (phenomena of the phyche) in “The Mind Parasites” by C. Wilson. Reasons for difficulties in their producing and understanding are analysed. The list of the difficulties is founded on the material of the above mentioned novel.

Keywords: English, metaphor, phenomena of the phyche, concepts of the inner world, basic metaphor models, metaphor producing and understanding.

THE CONCEPT “DELICIOUS DISSOLUTION” IN NABOKOV’S UNFINISHED NOVEL “THE ORIGINAL OF LAURA” // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2014. Issue 7 (148). P. 197-203

This article studies the representation of the author’s individual concept of “delicious dissolution” in Nabokov’s novel “The Original of Laura”. The concept is described as a step-by-step sequence of actions of the central character, and its basic semantic features are listed, which gives a possibility to compare this concept with its precedents in the works of classical literature. The cognitive linguistics approach is combined with elements of literary theory here.

Keywords: author’s individual concept, scenario (script), semantic nucleus of the concept, Nabokov’s artistic world