Chapter 5: Shipwreck (Кораблекрушение) 1 страница

Concept: SURVIVAL

1. Cambridge dictionary       

Survival - the fact of continu  ing to live o  r exist, especially after a difficu  lt or dange  rous situat  ion.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-russian/survival

2. Collins dictionary

If you refer to the survival of something or someone, you mean that they manage to co  ntinue or e  xist in spite of difficult c  ircumstances.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/search/?dictCode=english&q=survival

3. Wikipedia

Survival is the act of su  rviving; to stay liv  ing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival

Компонентно-дефиниционный анализ языковой единицы:

- Counting to live

- Existence

- Difficult situation

- Danger

- Difficult circumstances

- The act of surviving

- To stay living

- Fear

SURVIVAL I  N THE BOOK:

Examples: «The Medusa w  as a shipw  reck, a news story and a painting; it was also a cause. Bonapartists att  acked Mona  rchists. The behaviour of the frigate's captain illuminated a) the incompete  nce and co  rruption o  f the Roya  list Navy; b) the genera  l callousness o  f the ruli  ng class tow  ards those be  neath them. Parallels with the ship of state running aground would have been both obvious and heavy-handed».

«What is this 'Father' doing? a) lamenting the dead man (his son? his chum?) on his lap; b) realizing they will neve  r be rescued; c) reflecting that even if they are rescued it doesn't matter a damn because of the death he holds in his arms?».

«An extreme resource proved necessary to prolong their miserable e  xistence. Some of those who had survived the night of the mutiny fell upon t  he corpses a  nd hacked p  ieces from t  hem, devouring the flesh on the instant. Most of the officers refused this meat; though one proposed that it should first be dried to make it more palatable».

«Once more, a terrible co  mbat ensued, and blood washed ove  r the fata  l raft. When this third mut  iny was finally suppressed, there remained no more th  an thirty o  n board, and the raft had risen yet again in the water. Barely a man lay without wounds, into which salt water constantly flowed, and piercing c  ries were he  ard».

Характеристики концепта SURVIVAL:

- Medusa

- Shipwreck

- Death

- Flesh

- Miserable existence       

- Blood

- Cries

Chapter 6 The mountain (  Гора)

Concept: PILGRIMAGE

1. Cambridge dictionary

Pilgrimage is a journey to a place th  at has religious i  mportance.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-russian/pilgrimage?q=PILGRIMAGE

2. Collins dictionary

A pilgrimage is a journey that someone makes to a place that is very important to them.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/search/?dictCode=english&q=Pilgrimage

3. Encyclopedia Britannica

Pilgrimage, a journey undertaken for a religious mot  ive. Although some pilgrims have wandered co  ntinuously with no fixed destination, pilgrims more commonly seek a specific p  lace that has been sanctified by association with a divinity or other holy perso  nage. The institution of pilgrimage is evident in all world re  ligions and was also important in the pagan re  ligions of a  ncient Greece a  nd Rome.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/pilgrimage-religion

4. Wikipedia

A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown o  r foreign p  lace, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about the self, ot  hers, natu  re, or a h  igher good, through the experie  nce. It can lead to a personal t  ransformat  ion, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrimage

Компонентно-дефиниционный анализ языковой единицы:

- A journey

- Religious motive

- Pilgrims

- Specific place

- A divinity

- Holy personage

- Foreign place

- The experience

- Personal transformation

- Search

PILGRIMAGE i  n the BOOK

Examples: «Miss Fergusso  n 's irritation over the incide  nt in Erze  rum began to calm. Passing the easter  n spur of Mou  nt Alageuz, they gazed intently as the broad bulk of Great Arar  at slowly revealed itself. The summit was hidden, enfolded in a circle of white cloud which glittered brilliantly in the sun».

«It seems to me appropriate and just,' went on Miss Fergusson, `that the first traveller to ascend t  he mountai  n upon which the Ark rested should bear the name of an animal. No doubt part of the Lord's great design for us all».

«Water from t  he Arghuri b  rook, thought Miss Logan; or perhaps that sourish milk which they had already received many times on their t  ravels from obliging shepherds».

«At least she evinced an interest in the natura  l landscape. As they rode inland from Trebizond, hunting-whips at the ready against the expected dog-packs, they viewed mo  hair goats o  n hillsides o  f dwarf oa  k, dull ye  llow vines, lush apple o  rchards; t  hey heard grasshoppe  rs whose r  inging note see  med sharpe  r and more i  nsistent t  han that o  f their Br  itish cous  ins; and t  hey witnessed su  nsets of t  he rarest pu  rple and rose. There were fields of corn, opium and cotton; bursts of rhododendron and yellow azalea; red-legged partridge, hoopoes and blue crows. In the Zirg  ana mounta  ins large red deer softly returned their gaze from an apprehensive distance».

Характеристики концепта PILGRIMAGE:

- Mount Ararat

- Traveller

- Travel

- The Ark

- The natural landscape

 

Chapter 7 Three Simp  le Stories (Тр  и Простые Истор  ии)

Concept: TITANIC ACCIDENT

1. Britannica

 Titanic, in full Royal Mail Ship (RMS), British luxury passenger liner that sank on April 14–15, 1912, during its maiden voyage, on route to New York City from Southampton, England, killing about 1,500 passengers and ship personnel. One of the most famous tragedies in modern history, it inspired numerous stories, several films, and a musical and has been the subject of much scholarship and scientific speculation.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Titanic

2. Vocabulary dictionary

 The root word titan is derived from Greek mythology. The Titans were a race of powerful deities. The adjective titanic can now refer to anything extremely large or strong. The Titanic was the name of the famous cruise ship that sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. This name was chosen not only because it was the largest passenger steamship of its time, but also because it was touted as a strong ship, specifically that it was “unsinkable.”

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/titanic

3. Your dictionary

 a British ocean liner that sank in 1912 on its maiden voyage.

https://www.yourdictionary.com/titanic

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2284933/Titanic-II-Australian-tycoon-unveils-plans-replica-doomed-vessel.html

Компонентно-дефиниционный анализ языковой единицы:

- Ship accident

- Titan

- The largest steamship

- «Unsinkable»

- Luxury liner

- Death of 1,500 people

- Iceberg

TITANIC ACC  IDENT in t  he BOOK

Examples: «He was occasionally to be seen wandering through the house in his cream linen jacket, college tie - Gonville a  nd Caius. His name was Lawrence Bees  ley. Fifty-two years before I met him, Lawrence Bees  ley had been a second-c  lass passe  nger on the m  aiden voyage o  f the Tita  nic».

«He was thirty-five, had recently given up his job as science maste  r at Dulwic  h College, and was crossing the Atlantic - according to subsequent family legend, at least - in half-hearted pursuit of an American heiress».

«When the Titanic struck its iceberg, Beesley escaped in t  he underpopu  lated Lifebo  at 13, and was pic  ked up by t  he Carpath  ia. Among the souvenirs this octogenarian survivor kept in his room was a blanket embroidered w  ith the na  me of the rescu  ing ship».

«They also amused themselves with the speculation that their ancesto  r had escaped f  rom the Tit  anic in women's c  lothing. Lawrence Bees  ley made no mention of female dress in his book T  he Loss of t  he Titanic».

«It made Beesley one of the best-known survivors o  f the disaste  r, and for fifty years - right up to the time I met him - he was regu  larly consu  lted by maritime h  istorians, film rese  archers, jou  rnalists. Forty or so years after his escape he was engaged as a consultant on the film A N  ight to Re  member, made at P  inewood.

Beesley was - not surprisingly - intrigued by the reborn and once-again-teetering T  itanic. Beesley, adept in any emergency, counterfeited the pass required to let him board the facsim  ile Titanic, dressed himself in period costume and installed h  imself amo  ng the ext  ras. Right at the last minute, as the cameras were due to roll, the director spotted that Beesley had managed to insinuate himself to the ship's rail; picking up his megaphone, he instructed t  he amateur i  mposter ki  ndly to dise  mbark. And so, for the second time in his life, Lawrence Bees  ley found himself leaving the Titanic just before it was due to go down».

 Характеристики концепта TITANIC:

- Titanic

- Survivor

- Shipwreck accident

- Lawrence Beesley

- Cheating

 

Chapter 7 Three Simp  le Stories (Тр  и Простые Истор  ии)

Concept: THE MYTH OF JONAH

1. Britannica

Jonah is a recalcitrant prophet who flees from God’s summons to prophesy against the wickedness of the city of Nineveh. According to the opening verse, Jonah is the son of Amittai. This lineage identifies him with the Jonah mentioned in II Kings 14:25 who prophesied during the reign of Jeroboam II, about 785 BC.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Book-of-Jonah

2. Collins dictionary

1) Hebrew prophet who, having been thrown overboard from a ship in which he was fleeing from God, was swallowed by a great fish and vomited onto dry land.

2) The book in which his adventures are recounted (Book of Jonah).

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/jonah

3. Merriam-Webster dictionary

1) an Israelite prophet who according to the account in the book of Jonah resisted a divine call to preach repentance to the people of Nineveh, was swallowed and vomited by a great fish, and eventually carried out his mission.

2) one believed to bring bad luck.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jonah

Компонентно-дефиниционный анализ языковой единицы:

- Recalcitrant prophet

- Myth

- Whale

- Hebrew

- One, who bring bad luck

- Bible story

THE MYTH O  F JONAH in t  he BOOK

Examples: «What was Jonah doing i  nside the w  hale in the first place? It's a fishy story, as you might expect. It all began when God instructed Jo  nah to go a  nd preach ag  ainst Nineve  h, a place which, despite God's substantial record of annihilating wicked cities, was still - obstinately, unaccountably - a wicked c  ity. Jonah, disliking the task for unexplained reasons which might have had something to do with a fea  r of being sto  ned to deat  h by the p  artying Ni  nevites, ran away. At Joppa he embarked on a boat to the farthest end of the known world: Tarshish, i  n Spain. He failed to understand, of course, that the Lord k  new exactly w  here he was, and what's more had operative control over the winds and waters of the Eastern Mediterranean».

«Inside the w  hale, for t  hree days a  nd three n  ights, Jon  ah prayed to t  he Lord and swore h  is future obed  ience so convincingly that God ordered t  he fish to vo  mit up the pe  nitent. Not surprisingly, the next time the Almighty posted him to Nineveh, Jonah did as he w  as told. He went and denounced the wicked city, saying that like all other wicked cities of the Eastern Mediterranean it was about to be annihilated. Whereupon the partying Ninevites, just like Jonah inside the whale, repented; whereupon God decided a  fter all to sp  are the city; whereupon Jonah became incredibly irritated, which was only normal in one who'd been put to a lot of trouble to bring the message o  f destruct  ion, only for the Lord, despite a well-known, indeed historic taste for wrecking cities, to turn round and change his mind».

«God finge  r-flips the b  lubbery jail hither and thither like a war-game admiral nudging his fleet across maps of the sea. And yet, despite all this, the whale steals it. We forget the allegorical point of the story (Babylon engu  lfing disobed  ient Israe  l), we don't much care whether or not Nineveh was saved, or what happened to the regurgitated penitent; but we remember the whale».