THE TIME CONCEPT ORGANIZATION IN THE ENGLISH LITERATURE DISCOURSE TEXTS AND ENGLISH TEXTS OF THE SMALL FORM

Abstract

The article represents the analysis of the English literature discourse texts and the subjective understanding of the TIME concept in various historical periods of human existence. The analysis is based on the modern English literature discourse texts and the space of Colm Tóibín’s literary work “The Empty Family”. The author analyzes such aspects of time as: existence in a limited space, dynamics and statics of time. The analysis of this concept takes place due to its relation to such aspects as: movement and space. The role of metaphorical aspect in updating the concepts of time and space is emphasized. The basis of time and space creation in the literature text of the small form is considered.