Mukhina, E. A. THE CONCEPT OF ENEMY IN SPIRITUAL VERSES. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2022;44(3):34–39. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2022.749


Linguistics

THE CONCEPT OF ENEMY IN SPIRITUAL VERSES

Mukhina
E. A. 		Petrozavodsk State University
Keywords:
folklore language
spiritual verses
concept of enemy
language picture of the world
cultural linguistics		 Summary: A person as a unique personality has recently become an important topic of research in modern linguistics based on the position of anthropocentrism. This philosophical belief contributes to the development of linguoculturology, which considers linguistic phenomena in their inseparable connection with the culture and history of an ethnic group development. In this case, the concept is defi ned as a kind of a mental unit that has value-based, fi gurative andconceptual components. The ethnohistorical perception of the Russian people is refl ected in traditional oral folk art. The study addressed folklore epic, lyric-epic and lyrical spiritual poems published between the XIX and the XXI centuries. The relevance of the work is determined by the insuffi cient knowledge of the genre of spiritual poems, especially in terms of concept functioning. The novelty of the research is in that it describes a part of the linguistic and cultural space of the Russian people by taking a look at how the concept of enemy functions in spiritual verses. The paper also identifi es the structure of the studied concept. The methodology of this conceptual research included the analysis of dictionary defi nitions, the method of etymological analysis, and contextual analysis. The conclusion is that the concept of enemy in spiritual verses is used in such meanings that do not relate to modern interpretations. This is due to the genre affi liation of folklore works – they refl ect the medieval Christian worldview.



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