THE FRAME "FEAR" IN THE LITERARY DISCOURSE (BASED ON THE NOVEL "FEAR" BY AUSTRIAN WRITER S. ZWEIG)

Abstract

The article explores the frame “Fear” in literary discourse on the basis of Stefan Zweig’s short story “Angst”.The aim is to identify linguistic, cognitive and paralinguistic means of representing the emotion of fear. The focus is on linguistic means that represent the frame structure for designating fear, describe its causes, situational contexts, physiological and emotional manifestations and consequences. Special attention is paid to the ways of figurative reproduction of fear, in particular the use of metaphors, epithets, comparisons, as well as syntactic constructions that reflect the emotional tension and dynamics of the heroine’s psychological state. It is shown how fear in the novel transforms from an internal experience into a dominant force that determines the character’s behavior, internal decisions and self-identification. The influence of social factors, moral condemnation and internal conflicts that increase the intensity of fear is outlined. It is concluded that the frame "Fear" is implemented within the literary discourse as a mechanism of meaning-making, describing the feeling of fear not only as an individual reaction, but also as a multidimensional phenomenon. The analysis of this frame showed the importance of studying frames for denoting emotions in order to understand the construction of psychological discourse and its impact on the reader.This can be an impetus for studying frames of the emotional sphere in the works of other authors, as well as for involving a multidisciplinary approach, including elements of psychology and neurolinguistics, which will allow us to investigate the mechanisms of perception of emotions in literary discourse from the standpoint of different scientific paradigms and expand the interpretative capabilities of a researcher.