The article is dedicated to the peculiarities of representation of the concept in the song discourse. As the central object of this scientific work the concept of “War” has special significance. The author asserts that this concept was reflected in the various songs of “Sodom” band. In this article song discourse is considered as a part of the artistic discourse, it produced a kind of reflection of the significant social and cultural consciousness of notions, meanings and evaluations. Considering the concept of war through the theoretical vector makes the author study the chosen theme more thoroughly. The author shows that in the artistic discourse, the figurative meaning of the concept is primarily actualized by the example of song texts about war. Song image not only reflects, but also summarizes the reality, so that the war in the song appears as a social and personal event. Inner unity of song image ensures reproducibility and intensity of its emotional impact. As a result of analysis, the author concludes that in the “Sodom ”songs’ discourse a stable set of means stands out and it explicates the concept of “war” (negative vocabulary, refrain and strophic anaphora). Besides, the author pays attention to the specificity of the emotional manifestation in the war concept through the song discourse and claims that it may vary from negative to positive vocabulary.

Translated title of the contributionTHE REPRESENTATION OF THE CONCEPT OF WAR IN THE LYRICS OF MUSIC BAND SODOM
Original languageRussian
Pages (from-to)74-76
JournalБалтийский гуманитарный журнал
Volume7
Issue number4 (25)
StatePublished - Dec 2018

    Research areas

  • WAR, Concept, SONG DISCOURSE, semantic meaning., cognitive linguistics

ID: 37359493