Abstract: The object of the study are poems representing such thematic layers as love lyrics; urban lyrics, including poems dedicated to Venice; the theme of death; the theme of Vikings; great figures of the past; apocalyptic themes. The paper actualizes the importance of studying Bryusov's poetry in the aspect of cognitive linguistics, examines the essence of the concepts. The place of the concepts of LIFE and DEATH in the hierarchical structure of the conceptual sphere is analyzed, their meanings are revealed based on the lexicographic material of dictionaries, representing, along with the primary meanings, various associative lexical units, including mythologems that arose on the basis of cognitive metaphorization, which, being representatives of concepts, fill slots, form a frame structure, while the frame qualifies as the core of the concept. The analysis of poems allowing to recreate the linguistic and artistic worldview of the poet, the keys to understanding which are the basic concepts of LIFE and DEATH, and to determine their specificity and role, is carried out. The following methods were used in the research process: the method of discursive analysis, which allowed us to study the interacting denotative and conceptual structures that organize the semantic space of each lyrical work under consideration in the context of Bryusov's poetry; the cultural and historical method, which contributed to the identification of connotative meanings representing the concepts of LIFE and DEATH; the hermeneutic method, which made it possible to analyze the poetics of poems. As a result of the study, the authors came to the following conclusions. Organizing a system of poetic creativity, vividly embodying the main motive, the motive of duality, the concepts of LIFE and DEATH undergo semantic contamination based on the intersection of their frame networks and form a single bipolar concept of LIFE/DEATH. An integral phenomenon, Bryusov's concept of LIFE/DEATH is multifunctional: as a figurative means, this structural unit creates the poet's idiosyncrasy; plays a text-forming role; organizes the main motives that allow Bryusov to carry out a discourse relevant to him and his contemporaries about the problem of the meaning of life and its eternity.
The scientific novelty lies in the fact that the work of V. Y. Bryusov, from the point of view of the conceptual sphere and conceptualization, has not been sufficiently studied. For the first time, the comprehension of V.Y. Bryusov's linguistic picture of the world was realized through the concepts of LIFE and DEATH, which are fundamental in his work.

Abstract: The subject of the research is the novels of the French writer Andre Gide "The Narrow Gate" and "The Pastoral Symphony". The specificity of the expression of the author's thought in these stories through conceptual antinomies is noted, as a result of which the study of the concepts of BLINDNESS, LOVE, VIRTUE is actualized. The semantic content of the stated concepts is analyzed, which is carried out on the basis of their definitions in dictionaries and biblical texts. Their representatives are observed, creating a semantic field of the concepts of BLINDNESS, LOVE, VIRTUE, introduced by the author into the composition and plot of works and representing the author's interpretation. On the basis of the revealed meanings and antinomy of these basic concepts for every Christian, their function in the stories is revealed. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that the work of A. Zhid from the point of view of the use of concepts is insufficiently studied. The main conclusions of the study are the following. The concepts of BLINDNESS, LOVE, and VIRTUE have a traditional semantic fullness that has developed in centuries-old Christian discourse, but the writer demonstrates the displacement of their evangelical content due to the emergence of new interpretations associated with the spiritual crisis of society. With the help of the introduction of these antinomic concepts into the story, the writer organizes the artistic space of works: they determine the choice of confessional genre, saturation of stories with allusions, reminiscences and intertexts from biblical texts, the use of these concepts to organize the implicitness and explicitness of the narrative. Concepts perform the functions of characterization of heroes, epochs and expression of the author's position.

Abstract: The object of the study was the work of A. Zhid "The Immoralist" (1902). The work reveals and analyzes the originality of the artistic thought of the French writer, which manifests itself through an oxymoronic combination of the concepts of two philosophers-thinkers – F.M. Dostoevsky and F. Nietzsche. The reading of the work of A. Zhid in the context of a kind of dialogue is used. On the one hand, it is a dialogue with F. Nietzsche, with his idea of the role of a superman who takes the place of God in a world where "God died". On the other hand, with F. M. Dostoevsky, for whom the gospel truths remain indisputable. At the same time, it is a dialogue between F.M. Dostoevsky and F. Nietzsche in the artistic space of the work of the French writer. It is determined that the dialogue, carried out in a kind of triangle, reveals the main moral and philosophical problems of the "Immoralist" – the clash of Christian morality and Nietzschean absolute freedom.   The scientific novelty lies in the fact that the analysis of the little-studied work of A. Zhid "Immoralist" was carried out in the parameters of an exclusive dialogue-polemic with radically opposite thinkers, F. Dostoevsky and F. Nietzsche, who significantly influenced the spiritual climate of the twentieth century.
A. The Jew combines two opposing concepts in one artistic space, but no one wins in this struggle. F. Nietzsche and Dostoevsky reinforce the peculiar disturbing reflections of A. Zhid about the moral conflicts of the modern world.
The work comprehends a number of general issues essential for the study of the history of literature, in particular, these are questions of philosophy, religion, morality.

Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of multidimensionality of Fazil Iskander's creative legacy. The subject of the research is works written by Fazil Iskander as well as researches of literary critics on Iskander's creative writing. Glazkova has analyzed Fazil Iskander's world view in works devoted to the analysis of different aspects of the writer's creativity: author's discourse, national specifics of his works, their genre peculiarities, structure of artistic world and author's position. The majority of researchers who studied Fazil Iskander's creative writing focus on the writer's world view which is expressed in description of moral bases of Fazil Iskander's universe, the main principles of world order, peculiarities of Iskander's world, analysis of particular artistic images in his works. The research methods used by the author include problem-analytical and functional approaches combined with comparative historical methods of analysis of a literary work. The methodological and theoretical base of the research is dictionaries, encyclopedias, works of famous experts in literary studies and theory of literature. The scientific novelty of the research is caused by the fact that despite a great number of researches of Fazil Iskander's creative writing, this topic still needs further research while positions of experts in literature and critics do not have a systemic nature. Such important elements of Fazil Iskander's world view as author's concept of universe and concept of history, mythologism as an instrument of explanation of different social phenomena and peculiarities of writer's narration strategies need further research. 

Abstract: The subject of the research is the works of the Russian literature of the newest period. In particular, the author analyzes the words of Zakhar Prilepin (the novels 'Sankya' and 'Shelter', 'Vitek' from the series of novels 'The Eight') and Lyudmila Ulitskaya (her novel 'The Green Canvas'). The article is devoted to the analysis of functionality of names and nicknames of the heroes, the meanings of the names of the main and secondary characters in the prose of Prilepin and Ulitskaya that helped to solve many artistic tasks, such as the conveyance of the author's message, determination of the conceptual grounds of the novel, comparison of the main characters, narration structuring, symbolic and motif structures development. The research methods used by the author include problem analytical and functional approaches combined with the comparative historical method of analysis of literary texts. The methodological and theoretical basis of the research involve dictionaries, encyclopedias, researches of famous literary critics and experts. The scientific novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the author analyzes the works of the newest Russian literature written by understudied authors. The main conclusion of the research is that the important element of the prose of the authors is the game of different modifications and forms of anthroponyms. In the prose of Prilepin's and Ulitskaya's prose a name is a textual dominant that conveys the general conceptual meaning and gives an insight into the author's intention, it also allows to compare the heoroes, to include mythological, biblical or other cultural context that makes the image of the hero complex and profound as real people are.