SEMIOTICS OF THE RUSSIAN AND BRITISH FOLK TALE SYMBOLS
Solov'eva Nataliya Vladimirovna
Moscow Region State University
Submitted: 26.02.2019
Abstract. The article identifies and compares the most frequent Russian and British folk tale symbols, which are considered as a key point of the whole set of symbolic and linguistic manifestations of culture. The notion "symbol" is differentiated from the adjacent notions "sign", "allegory" and "artistic image". The author suggests a classification of means to actualize symbols in fabulous universe, which includes artefacts, naturfacts and mentifacts. The paper clarifies the semantic structure of symbols in two folkloric traditions, discovers their ambivalent nature, ability to integrate Christian and pagan symbols.
Key words and phrases: волшебная сказка, христианский символ, языческий символ, артефакт, натурфакт, ментифакт, амбивалентность, fairy tale, Christian symbol, pagan symbol, artefact, naturfact, mentifact, ambivalent nature
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