The concept of "alcohol" in A. S. Pushkin's novel "The Stationmaster"

The phenomena of reality, which are reflected in literature, acquire a new meaning from the point of view of studying the picture of the world. In this regard, the individual representations of writers, which are objectified through artistic images, become the object of scientific interest. The relevance of this study is related to the fact that the concept of "Alcohol" is an important fragment of the Russian national picture of the world. The research material is also characterized by relevance due to the importance of A.S. Pushkin's work in Russian linguistic culture. The subject of the study is the linguistic and cultural features of the conceptualization of alcohol consumption in the Russian language and linguoculture. The object of this research is the concept of "alcohol" in A. S. Pushkin's novella "The Stationmaster" due to its importance in the writer's work at the everyday and philosophical level. The authors used methods that made it possible to determine the content and structure of the concept of "alcohol" in the story "The Stationmaster". The sampling method was used to select lexical units reflecting the consumption of alcoholic beverages. The cultural analysis of the concept was used to determine the universal characteristics of the concept. The analysis of individual conceptualization was used to determine the poet's worldview and his vision of the concept of "alcohol". The novelty of the research is due to the fact that to date no research has been conducted on the lexical sphere of "alcohol" in the works of A. S. Pushkin. As a result, it was found that the conceptualization of the process of drinking alcoholic beverages forms artistic images and situations unique to the Russian people. The work also reveals the content of the concept of "alcohol" within the framework of the story "The Stationmaster": the reason for the consumption of alcoholic beverages; designation of beverage containers; names of alcoholic beverages; places of alcohol consumption; description of the state of a person intoxicated. At the same time, the philosophical and everyday aspects of the concept under consideration are noted in order to determine its place and role in the story. Peripheral zones of the concept are established, each of which expresses the semantics of life and death.

Pushkin, Stationmaster, concept “alcohol”, conceptual analysis, linguistics, culture, structure, worldview, linguaculture, literature