Volkova S. Mytholoric Space of English Amerindian Literary Texts: Cognitive-Semiotic and Narrative Aspects.

This dissertation suggests a new cognitive facet of ethnolinguistics for exposing ethno-cultural features shown up in mytholoric images of literary prosaic texts. The term "mytholoric" is a coinage that reflects syncretic unity of mythic and folk lore of Amerindian culture.Modelling mytholoric space of Amerindian myths, legends and tales enables to explicate the components which serve as indicators of mytholoric features embodied in literary images of Amerindian prosaic texts. It has been proved that metamorphosis is a dominant linguistic means in creating mytholoric and author’s mytholoric images. Semiotic and cognitive analyses made it possible to establish the most typical ethno-cultural personage images serving as signs of Amerindian culture. Narrative analysis of the Amerindian prosaic texts outlined the ways and means of narrative perspectives highlighting the reverse perspective as the basic one in creating and interpreting the author’s mytholoric personage image.