MENTAL IMAGE «CITY» IN THE ARTISTIC AND CHARACTER DISCOURSE OF V. PIDMOHYLNYI

The article analyzes the expressing-depicting means of verbalization mission «City» in same name V. Pidmohylnyi’s novel, based on logical-semantic opposition – «Village». It is noted that study verbalized constants specified contrast an important issue for integrative linguistic history, which interacts with such scientific industries as culture, cognitive linguistics, sociolinguistics, communicative linguistics etc. concept a character discourse actualized: most sign novel «The city» combination language author and main work Stepan Radchenko. proved discursive zone influential formation analyzed mental image. semantic-stylistic features are traced, concentrates artistic narrative proactive piece appears dominant component cognitive-field structure relevant concept. Its lexical-thematic semantic associative lines, provide content to сonnectivity integrity image vertical context novel: ↔ «Village», «Nature», «Closed space» «Open Space», → «Art» «Literature», ← «Love» «Nature» conclusion emphasized Pidmohylnyi one first Ukrainian writers beginning twentieth century. Conceptualized city decisive factor civilization-historical development society, «immersing» person from village urbanized space anthropogenic landscape, «second nature».