- The authors:
Julia S. Starostina,
Marina V. Cherkunova,
Antonina A. Kharkovskaya - Pages: 413-420
- Section: LANGUAGE, TEACHING, INTERPRETING AND TRANSLATION
- URL: http://conferences-ifl.rudn.ru/2686-8199-2020-7-413-420/
- DOI: 10.22363/2686-8199-2020-7-413-420
The article is devoted to the analysis of the liguoaxiological parameters of the contemporary English drama discourse. The research is based on the abstracts to the scenarios of modern English plays, taken from the internet site selling the performing rights for these scenarios. The abovementioned abstracts are treated as mini-format texts possessing a complete set of typical textual characteristics, and, being part of the modern drama discourse, fully representing the axiological paradigm of the modern Western society. The research is carried out in several stages: in the first stage the abstracts are analyzed in terms of evaluation markers; as a result, evaluative language means are selected and systematized. The second stage consists in analyzing semantic properties of the selected evaluative means and their subsequent classification into micro concepts. Further on, the evaluative micro concepts are grouped into several categories representing axiological vectors of the modern society. In the final stage of the research, quantitative analysis of the micro-concepts within each axiological focal point is carried out and the relative importance of the values is specified. The research shows that the most important value for the contemporary Western society if that of Creativity, which is realized through the micro-concepts of ‘innovative interpretation of a classical plot,’ ‘creativity in dealing with problems at work,’ ‘resourcefulness in resolving family problems,’ ‘inventiveness in dealing with unexpected hardships.’ The next place in the axiological paradigm is taken by the value of Good as an ultimate category. It is expressed through the micro-concepts of ‘intolerance to all forms of social extremism’ and ‘the necessity of making the right moral choice.’ Romantic relations prove to be the third most important axiological concept, followed by Self-cognition, Life in its opposition to death, Truth, and Diversity. A number of peripheral values are also registered, including Faith, Justice and Miracle, which, however, do not manifest themselves systematically. The suggested scheme of the analysis of mini-texts’ axiological parameters can be further applied to other discourse spheres thus completing and verifying the axiological chart of the modern society.
Keywords: linguoaxiology, drama discourse, mini-texts, abstracts, evaluative language means
Julia S. Starostina1 , Marina V. Cherkunova2 , Antonina A. Kharkovskaya3
1, 2 Samara State Aerospace University named after academician S.P. Korolev
(National Research University) Samara, Russia
1 e-mail: juliatim@mail.ru ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1578-759
2 e-mail: m.cherkunova@mail.ru ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4167-4530
3 e-mail: aax2009@mail.ru ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6532-0828
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