Ob-Ugric Institute of Applied Research and Development, Yugra State University, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation, Kosintseva_elena@mail.ru
ABSTRACT
Introduction: the article is devoted to the study of the figurative space and value orientations in the poetry of S. S. Dinislamova, and it is also part of a complex of studies in Russian literary criticism concerning the problems of studying the author’s worldview. The work highlights the specific features of the work of female poets.
Objective: to conduct a conceptual analysis of the opposition «Life – Death» in the poetic texts by S. S. Dinislamova and to reveal the features of its representation in the author’s worldview.
Research materials: poetic texts by the Mansi author S. S. Dinislamova.
Results and novelty of the research: for the first time, the conceptual opposition “Life – Death” is analyzed in the lyrical works of S. S. Dinislamova as an important component of the author’s worldview. The results of this study show that the associative-figurative and emotional-evaluative layers of the poet’s works contain models (both universal and individual) that form the opposition between the artistic concepts of Life and Death. The semantic field "Life" includes the lexemes "gift", "gift from God", "flight", "notes", "drop of water", "coin", and "white day". Illnesses and sins are presented as
obstacles. "Death" is understood as the inevitable end of one’s life. The semantic field "Death" includes "change of seasons", "fatigue", "difficult life situation", "threat to life", "rain", and "clouds". The heroine of S. S. Dinislamova perceives death as a personified being. The color, figurative, and emotional aspects of this opposition are based on antithesis.
Keywords: Mansi literature, concept, life, death, literary text, mental space, author’s worldview, S. S. Dinislavova.
For citation: Kosintseva E. V. Conceptual opposition “Life – Death” in the lyrics of S. S. Dinislamova // Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric Studies. 2025; 15 (3/62): 421–428.