The subject of this study is the concept дитя/ребёнок which is among the most important phe-nomena of the Russian national consciousness, in dia-lectical language. The cluster analysis used in the study of the conceptually united lexemes nominating the con-cept дитя/ребёнок that have been found in Dictionary of Russian Dialects has helped us mark out the most significant characteristics of a kid in folk speech. Abun-dant factual material suggests that most nominations of the concept дитя/ребёнок in Russian dialects have a motivational basis.

The article is devoted to the specificities of poetic text discourse analysis. Reviewing the devel-opment of discourse theory, the author provides the whole range of existing definitions of discourse and the predominant modern scientific concepts. Poetic text dis-course analysis is claimed to presuppose the research of poetic text linguistics, as well as studies of wide cul-tural, ethnic, historic, and author's personal context in order to interpret poetic work objectively and adequate-ly. Discursive connections of a poetic text appear due to the coordination of the following systems: text-indi-vidual, text-society, text-time. New artistic meanings ap-pear when comparing the text and the intricate set of life and ideological-esthetical conceptions of both a certain writer and a specified society.

The article is dedicated to the description of pretence as a fragment of the conceptual field 'de-ception'. The article demonstrates the existence of pre-tence as an original form of deception. The conducted research reveals the invariant of pretence, describes the significance of pretence, the situation of pretence, its aims, motives and results. Pretence is considered as a mental nonverbal act of behavior of subject aiming to mislead the addressee of pretence. The analysis allows to distinguish deception and pretence and to prove that pretence and deception are not the same.

The paper is devoted to the analysis of the features of functioning of eponymy as a way of euphemistic code. The linguistic material used in the research is the euphemisms-somatism of the Russian language. Otonymic names with the second-developed connotations is a productive means of a language code. Performing euphemistic function, connotative onyms fully function in informal, journalistic and artistic speech of the 20th and early 21st centuries

The article discusses the linguistic mech-anisms of controversy used in the correspondence of Tsar Ivan the Terrible and Prince Kurbsky. The materi-als of the study are the correlative contexts, which were found in the texts of messages of Ivan the Terrible and Andrew Kurbsky, that contain the words with the root -свѣт-. The linguistic analysis shows that the inability to establish a dialogue between correspondents is deter-mined by the difference in pragmatic component of the meanings of the same words.

The article is devoted to the problem of reconstruction of the creative process of a writer. On the material of the S. Kablukov′s diary the history of his relationship with V. Rozanov is analyzed, which also found reflection in fragments of his works "The Lonely" and "Fallen leaves". The author′s comparison of vari-ous sources, autodocumentary and literary, allowed to fill some important gaps related to the circumstances of the appearance of separate fragments in write′s works, as well as to clarify psychological background of inter-pretation of facts by Rozanov concerning his friendship with S. Kablukov.

In the article questions of vaudeville, "el-evated comedy" and melodrama genres interaction in Russian dramaturgy of XVIII and XIX centuries bound-ary are considered on example of a complex analysis of play "Dobry barin" by M.N. Muraviev in a context of literary culture of the contemporary comic opera. com-plex conclusions about national dramaturgy features formation typology in the author's play are suggested at the first time: relicts of tragedy and melodrama gen-res leads the dramatist to a gradual deviation from an outer comicalness towards insight and problem of moral principles and views of the characters as residents of Russian peasant world.

The paper analyzes the image of time in Senancour`s novel "Obermann" which allows to clarify the nature of narration and to reveal features of the story-teller's worldview. Artistic time in the novel of Sen-ancour is considered in two perspectives: the lifetime of Obermann and time of the letter. Time of mundane existence is defined in the article as time that is frozen, stopped, discrete in nature. The absence of future cor-responds to a condition of protagonist's disbelief, his tragical detachment from eternity. The functional role of letter in the Senancour`s novel is emphasized as it represents lasting time that means overcoming the time gaps and hope of spiritual revival of the protagonist.

The author of the article considers the pe-culiarities of the Dostoevsky's artistic thinking, his atti-tude towards the Gospel in particular. The analysis of the images of the novel "The Brothers Karamazov" makes it possible to state that gospel words in the Dostoevsky's style don't correlate with the iconic and canonic interpre-tation of the writer's conception but these words are the creating model, i.e. the symbol.

The article examines the critical essay «Chekhov and the Modern Short Story» by Charles E. May, the honourable Emeritus Professor at California State University, Long Beach. Charles E. May discusses the noticeable influence of the Russian classical writer on a popular in the West literary genre of short story. The critic explores Chekhov's ability to dispense with a striking incident, his impressionism, and his freedom from the literary conventions of the highly plotted and formalized story. That, according to Charles E. May, marked the birth of a new or «modern» kind of short fiction that combined the specific detail of realism with the poetic lyricism of romanticism.

The article discusses the problems of polit-ical correctness and feminism, which become apparent in the educational environment and which are the im-portant part of the ideological and thematic component of the campus novels. The author analyzes the cam-pus novel by Fr. Prose "Blue Angel" in terms of criticism of political correctness and feminism in the USA. The undertaken comprehensive study of the work allows to come to conclusion about the relevance of the problem for the modern university community and about the im-portance of its discussion.

The paper considers the typical features of pre-romantic tragedy. The author analyzes the influence of lyric tragedy's poetic style on early drama of Nikolay Gogol, and the connection between dramatic conflict in Gogol's play "Alfred" and conflict between Duty and Feeling in pre-romantic tragedy. This conflict is studied in the context of the evolution of the genre which is traditional for classicism, and in the religious, historical, philosophical aspects. Such conflict resolution is common for both pre-romantic lyric tragedy and Gogol's play "Alfred".

The article is devoted to analysisof the artistic and documentary poeticsof essays of V.M.Doroshevich. We study the basic techniques of typ-ing. It is shown that the dominant element in the «zone of character» in the works of a writer is a question of character. The notion of «verbal portrait of the charac-ter», regarded as the maintypifymeans in thecreative workof V.M.Doroshevich. Attention is paid to the role of the speech synthesizing portrait, analyzes the main components of this performance. It is concluded that the author uses an innovative technique of verbal portrayal able to replace the traditional characteristics of a com-plex character.