Mythonym Orpheus as an Element of V.Ya. Bryusov’s Code

Abstract

This article sets out to carry out linguocognitive characterization of the mythonym Orpheus as an element of V.Ya. Bryusov’s code. The investigation of the author’s code involved the use of the field analysis method aimed at identifying the place of a language unit under study in the author’s worldview, which is organized by the author’s individual code. The study is based on the material of Bryusov’s poem «Uchenik Orfeya» («Orpheus’s student»), where this mythonym exhibits ideological and aesthetic dominance. The text analysis indicates that, in the work of Bryusov, Orpheus performs the function of a literary concept, the meaning component of which is represented by lexical items and established phrases describing the singer’s fate, while the emotional and expressive components are manifested by elements of sub- ject-thematic educational, landscape, animated, temporal, human codes.