Petrichenko O. Ethnocultural continuity of images of prime vital elements in the poetical systems of N. Gumilyov and V. Khlebnikov.

The Thesis focuses on analyzing intensionals of the Water, Fire, Earth and Air Images as components of the ethnical pre-concept and individual (author's) conceptual systems of Nikolay Gumilyov and Velimir Khlebnikov. The analysis of verbalization of the lingual and mythopoetical potential of such images in the aspect of ethno-cultural continuity of meanings and forms is also included. The 1st Chapter of Dissertation is dedicated to the systematization and structurization of semantic fields of the prime vital elements' quadra as the intact fragment of archetypical pre-concept (with the indication on ethnical specifications). Meanings of the images are formulated in the way of outlining the characteristics that were extracted from mythological dictionaries, culturological encyclopedias, dictionaries of symbols and theoretical works on the theme. In Conclusions to the 1st Chapter there are the improved definition of Pre-concept, distinguished characters of the latter (with the comparison to Image, Symbol,Archetype) as well as the general characteristic of East-Slavonic pre-conceptual system in the segment of comprehension of the prime vital elements. On the whole, the mentioned fact of ethno-mythopoetical pre-conceptual matrix's paradigm that is realized and displayed within the structure of intensional fields of the prime vital elements (the fact that proved not to be connected in its basis with other author's intentions, style and composition specifications) allows us to define the existence of ethno-cultural line of continuity in the language of Nikolay Gumilyov and Velimir Khlebnikov. Therefore, development of the idea that mythopoetical meanings being preserved for centuries appear to be the strong source of author's poetical language is represented in the Thesis. Key words: mythologemum, descriptor, pre-concept, image, intensional meanings, ethnolinguistics, poetical text.