The topos of the forest in N. Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter”
The article explores the symbolism of the forest in N. Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter.” This study aims not only to interpret the meanings associated with this topos but also to illustrate its role in developing three internal plots within the novel. A brief overview of the forest’s reception as a symbolic space in European culture reveals four primary interpretations: the forest as a source of materials ...
Spatial poetics of the story “Number 13” by M. R. James
... variability of oneiric spaces, the liminality of the Gothic toposes, the permeability and impenetrability of the borders of the surreal space stand out as the main means for modeling the text.
Nikiforova A.A.
gothic novel, spatiopoetics, space, topos, oneiric space, liminality, border, surreal space, supernatural forces
71-79
Cultural foundations of the style of philosophising (a comparison of N. O. Lossky's oeuvre with I. Kant's anthropology)
The concepts of style and topos in their cultural studies interpretation by Yu. V. Rozhdestvensky are applied to the analysis of some fragments of N. O. Lossky's philosophical concept pertaining to the features of Russian culture in general and the originality of Russian philosophy ...
