Open AccessSemantics of festivities in “Christmas Carol” by Ch. Dickens
Author(s) -
Galina Bezkorovaynaya,
Luiza N. Gishkaeva,
Н.Т. Пахсарьян
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vestnik rossijskogo universiteta družby narodov. seriâ literaturovedenie, žurnalistika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2312-9247
pISSN - 2312-9220
DOI - 10.22363/2312-9220-2020-25-2-305-314
Subject(s) - theme (computing) , subject (documents) , linguistics , criticism , semantics (computer science) , sociology , history , literature , art , computer science , philosophy , programming language , library science , operating system
The article concerns the language units, forming the semantics of festivities in one of the most popular works by Charles Dickens - the great English writer of Victorian Era, namely A Christmas Carol (1843). This work has been the subject for a lot of research, the story however is not investigated within the framework of some allied sciences. An attempt to use linguistic, linguistic culture and literary criticism approaches has been made to analyze the story. The eleven theme groups were found and the linguistic units were picked up. Those units create the unique picture of Christmas festivities. The examples from the text are analyzed. Around one thousand language units describing Christmas are analyzed. The conclusion is made that the writer created the morally important, educating work. At the same time, he attracted attention to Christmas in Britain, criticizing the drawbacks of the society as well as in Victorian England. The palette of stylistic and language means is rich and wonderful.