LINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF CULTURE REFLECTED IN A LITERARY TEXT
Keywords:
Culture, linguoculturemes, literature, literary texts, linguistics, English language, Russian language.Abstract
The concepts of literature and culture are considered as closely connected notions. Culture affects the literary works or vice versa. As a consequent, the article investigates the relationship between culture and literary texts. The result of the research shows that linguoculturemes can be seen in any literary work and they show uniqueness of that works and nations.
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