Morals of the people of bohemia in W.S Maugham’s novel "Theatre"

So the THEATRE concept is mainly realized with the help of the use of epithets and similes in W.S. Maugham's “Theatre” what made the novel more emotionally painted.

Conclusions

The tasks of our study were to learn the concept as the basic term of cognitive linguistics, to generalize the notion of Theatre. Having made our study, we can make some conclusions.

As remembered conceptualization is the process of the creation and construction of concept in the human recognition. It is also the process of thought concerning the new information that causes the creation of concept. The study of concept is the main task of the cognitive linguistics. Every attempt to realize the nature of concept causes the realization of the fact of presence of closely-related concepts and terms. Concept is the intellectual category that may not be recognized visually. This fact causes the presence of the wide area for the interpretation of concept.

Every language mark represents concept in the language, but it does not represent concept in a whole. With the assistance of it meaning the language mark represents several conceptual features that are relevant for the transmission of the information. If we need to express concept in a whole it is necessary to apply different linguistic means and the whole nominative field of concept. So, both concept and its compounds may be verbalized and non-verbalized. It is difficult to define concepts that are non-verbalized.

The most wide-spread definition of concept is following: concept is the discrete mental creation that is the basic unit of the intellectual code of the human. This code is characterized by the internal structure. It is a result of the cognitive activity of the human and society and brings the complex and encyclopedic information about the subject and phenomenon and the social attitude to this phenomenon.

Concepts may be classified according to the type of knowledge and reflection of reality because these types are the foundation of the method of the assignment and description of concept.

So, concepts represent the world in the human recognition creating the conceptual system. Besides, the marks of the human language codify the content of this system in the world. Concepts appear in the human recognition as a result of the activity, interpretation of the world and socialization. Every concept includes the generalized content of different forms of expression in the natural language and in spheres that are based on the language and their presence is impossible without language. Concepts as the results of the intellectual activity should be verbalized. The language connects the people into the nation with the assistance of concepts.

The nominative field is based on the conceptual or, in other words, semantic fields. Words may be classified according to the concepts underlying their meaning. This classification is closely connected with the theory of conceptual or semantic fields. Besides, the theory of semantic field is severely criticized by the linguists mainly on philosophical grounds since some of the proponents of the semantic field theory hold the idealistic view that, language is a kind of self-contained entity standing between the man and the world of reality.

We made research of the novel "Theatre" to expose the THEATRE concept, and can make conclusion that W.S. Maugham considered Theatre not like other writers.

In general, the word “Theatre” means a “place for seeing”. The two most common types of Theatre plays are comedy and tragedy, symbolized by the Theatre masks. The first recorded theatrical event was a performance of the sacred plays of the myth of Osiris and Isis in 2500 BC in Egypt. This story of the god Osiris was performed annually at festivals throughout the civilization, marking the beginning of a long relationship between Theatre and religion.

Besides, the most recognizable figures in Theatre (according to W.S. Maugham) are the directors, playwrights, and actors, but Theatre is a highly collaborative endeavor. Plays are usually produced by a production team that commonly includes a scenic or set designer, lighting designer, costume designer, sound designer, stage manager, props mistress or master and production manager.

The THEATRE concept is represented in different fragments of W.S. Maugham's novel. It is mainly represented with the help of the introduction of the literary character's activities. It is mainly realized with the help of the use of epithets and similes. The Theatre as people is mainly represented by W.S. Maugham with the help of the concept “actor”.

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