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VALORIZATION OF REPUBLICAN SYMBOLS OF FRANCE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024
- Authors: Avdonina M.Y.1, Zhabo N.I.2, Shafikova E.S.1
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Affiliations:
- Moscow State Linguistic University
- Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba
- Issue: No 11(892) (2024)
- Pages: 154-160
- Section: Cultural studies
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2542-2197/article/view/292370
- ID: 292370
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Abstract
The aim of the study is to identify symbols characteristic of French culture in the design of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The materials of the study are state Internet resources and mass media, revealing the ideas of Pierre de Coubertin who still remains a controversial figure in the XXI century, images of the Sower, the Gallic rooster, the Phrygian cap, the Belem sail boat emblematic for the French Navy. The article explains the meaning behind featuring the Eiffel Tower on the obverse side of the medal, placed symmetrically with the ancient temple, and the hexagon-shaped piece of iron extracted from the 1889 original Tower embedded in the center of Olympic medals on the reverse side. The article shows how the French authorities provide understanding and valorization of republican ideas at a new turn of history.
About the authors
Marina Yurievna Avdonina
Moscow State Linguistic University
Author for correspondence.
Email: mavdonina@yandex.ru
PhD (Psychology), Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication Faculty of Distance Learning and Part-time Education
Moscow State Linguistic University
Natallia Ivanovna Zhabo
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba
Email: lys11@yandex.ru
PhD (Philology), Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages Medical Institute of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba
Russian FederationElena Sergeevna Shafikova
Moscow State Linguistic University
Email: elena.s.kudinova@yandex.ru
PhD (Philology), Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication Faculty of Distance Learning and Part-time Education, Moscow State Linguistic University
Russian FederationReferences
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