PECULIARITIES OF AN INDIVIDUAL AUTHOR’S INTERPRETATION OF THE VERBALIZED SUBCONCEPT AUTUMN (based on the novel “Autumn” by Ali Smith)

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the research of the peculiarities of an individual author’s interpretation of the subconcept verbalized - AUTUMN in the novel by Ali Smith. The basic semantic features of the examined word-representative – AUTUMN were defined. Ali Smith used other wordрrepresentatives in her work that can be attributed to concept SEASONS. It was discovered that the realization of the given words in the text exceeded the semantic scope of their dictionary definitions. In Ali Smith’s artistic picture of the world an individually-authorial estimation is manifested that allows the reader to feel the preferences of the author. The writer expresses her attitude towards seasons and in particular to AUTUMN. In the work AUTUMN has a symbolic meaning that is displayed in several directions. Autumn is the time “to reap the benefits of political transformations: the novel is devoted to the results and issues that arose after the fateful decision was made: according to the results of the voting in referendum on June, 23 2016 the residents of Great Britain decided to leave the European Union. In case of the exit the great number of the laws and regulations accepted on the basis of European ones are to be changed. For the people of the United Kingdom this would be a difficult and crucial moment, one that will pose a variety of legal, political and economic challenges. In addition, the novel also describes the tragedy of aging, as the life of one of the protagonists is coming to an end (Daniel Gluck). Besides AUTUMN is one of the links of an annual cycle, that fact underlines the nature of time – its cyclical essence. Ali Smith’s novel shows that the subconcept AUTUMN is very multifaceted and voluminous. By identifying language means objectifying the subconcept and exploring and describing the semantics of these units, we model the content of the linguistic cultural subconcept AUTUN as a global cognitive unit in its national, social and individual identity. These features of the investigated phenomenon are used by the author to depict the events, culture and lifestyle of not only certain characters of the novel but also the country as a whole, thus creating the fragment of the ethnocultural picture of the world.