Representations of the concept sphere "happiness" in O. Wilde's fairy tale "The Happy Prince"

Abstract

The subject of the research is the methods of verbalization of the conceptual sphere "happiness" in Oscar Wilde's fairy tale "The Happy Prince". The object of our research is the conceptosphere "happiness" in the English text. For the study, the fairy tale "The Happy Prince" was chosen, characterized by the author's manner of expression of thought and containing the "happiness" concept sphere we are considering. When translating literary texts, the preservation and transmission of such universal concepts as the concept of "happiness" are necessary. The relevance of this work is connected with the intensively developing cognitive direction in the study of literary text and with interest in the development of such key concepts as "concept" and "conceptosphere". Our research touches upon the problems of the transfer of the conceptual sphere when translated into another language and reveals the similarities and differences of the conceptual spheres of different languages, examines the specifics of the author's conceptual sphere. The following methods were used in solving problems during the work: – method of theoretical analysis of literature; –method of definitional analysis; – method of conceptual analysis; – method of component analysis; – descriptive method; – comparative method. The novelty of the work lies in determining the structure of the conceptosphere "happiness" in Oscar Wilde's fairy tale "The Happy Prince", as well as its translations into Russian, the structure of the conceptosphere is considered, the composition of the nuclear and peripheral zones is determined, a comparative analysis of the representation of the conceptosphere in the use, in the original text and in the translation texts is carried out. Our research touches upon the problems of the transfer of the conceptual sphere when translated into another language and reveals the similarities and differences of the conceptual spheres of different languages, examines the specifics of the author's conceptual sphere.