Models of concept “man” actualization in William Wordsworth’s poetry

Abstract

The article focuses on the problem of literary concept “Man” metaphoric representation in the poetic discourse of William Wordsworth. The main attention is devoted to the verbal means that realize the basic defined imagery schemes “Man – Plant” and “Man – Animal”, the factors that predetermined the extension of the images semantics, symbolic content of these images and their role in author‟s pragmatics development. The analytical procedure applied in the article is based on the theory of conceptual metaphor and is executed within the domain of cognitive poetics. Key words: English literature, William Wordsworth, metaphor, image, literary concept, symbol, poetic discourse.