Space and time as the categories of a literary text
In the article the evolution of the categories of space and time is considered, from purely philosophical concepts to literary and linguistic phenomena. The idea of space and time as the categories of a literary text is described with the definition and characterization of their main functions: onto...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
2016-12-01
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Series: | RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics |
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Online Access: | http://journals.rudn.ru/semiotics-semantics/article/view/14026 |
Summary: | In the article the evolution of the categories of space and time is considered, from purely philosophical concepts to literary and linguistic phenomena. The idea of space and time as the categories of a literary text is described with the definition and characterization of their main functions: ontological, anthropocentric, pragmatic, aesthetic, story forming, symbolic, which are decomposition of chronotope’s key function, specifically, sense-making. The decomposition of chronotope’s sense-making function as described in the article requires the new approach to language representation of space-time category and linguistic means ranking. |
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ISSN: | 2313-2299 2411-1236 |