Symbolic representation of the concept of ALIENATION in English-language migration literature

the article analyzes the means of figurative representation of the concept of ALIENATION in English-language migrant literature, identifies key symbols that serve as markers of cognitive and emotional signs of alienation in the works of M. Hamid, Kh. Hosseini and Ch. Adichie. The relevance of this study is due to the interest in the problems and themes of migrant literature, demonstrating a specific worldview in which cultural and emotional stratification is reflected in linguistic means – primarily in metaphors and symbolic images. Symbols and metaphor, as a means of cognitive understanding of the world, allows authors to express the internal state of the characters experiencing an existential gap between the past and the present, their homeland and their new country. The study emphasizes the universality of the concept of ALIENATION through a variety of symbolic images – doors, corridors, trees, animals, which serve as metaphors for internal alienation, change and the search for a new identity. The images of hell and ghosts reflect the state of alienation, demonstrate personal and socio-cultural transformations during wartime. The results of the study can be useful for further research in the field of cognitive linguistics, intercultural communication and analysis of migrant literature as a special phenomenon of modern culture.

concept, alienation, ALIENATION, migrant literature, metaphor, symbol, concept feature, lexeme