Traditional rite and linguistic-cultural concept
Abstract
The present paper is focused on the genesis of the concept of the Czech «Lítost» and its relationship with the traditional Czech rite Jízda králů. The analysis is based on fiction discourse represented by the novel M. Kundera "The Joke". The author of the article proves that the traditional rite described in the novel goes back to the mythological rite of initiation – the basis of semiotics of both ceremonies is the idea of death and rebirth. The Czech concept «Lítost», denoting 'a sense of acute self-pity as the result of humiliation, which causes a reciprocal aggression’ was formed on the same semiotic basis. In the process of analyzing the main characters of the novel "The Joke" the researcher stresses the dominance of the emotion lítost in their mentality.
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