THE NATIONAL-CULTURAL ASPECT OF SURNAMES IN THE PLAYS OF A.N. OSTROVSKY

Abstract

The article considers the surnames in the plays of A.N. Ostrovsky. The semantic analysis of these surnames is carried out in the article. The purpose of the research is to consider surnames in the works of A.N. Ostrovsky as a valuable language material the semantics of which carries information about the Russian national picture of the world. The results of the study showed that each surname is unique and carries valuable linguistic information in the plays of A. N. Ostrovsky. Surnames in the plays of the playwright A.N. Ostrovsky's represent a linguistic material that contains important historical information, and represents a fragment of the Russian national picture of the world. Russian surnames were not consid ered earlier in the works of A.N. Ostrovsky as a linguistic material that reflects in its semantics information about the Russian national picture of the world. Russian merchant life, Russian national culture with its richness and diversity is reflected in the semantics of the surnames of A.N. Ostrovsky. Surnames in the plays of A.N. Ostrovsky tell about the state of the soul of the Russian person, about the Russian national character. Russian national color of a certain stage of development and historical ch anges in Russian society can also be traced in the semantics of surnames in the playwright's works. Therefore Russian surna me semantics in the plays of A.N. Ostrovsky reflected the socio-historical, psychological, individual and cultural features of the Ru ssian mentality. The materials of the article can be used by students of schools and universities in the Russian language and Russian literature classes.