Greetings, wishes, toasts as a form of national character expression

Authors

  • Світлана Валентинівна Щербак Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Kryvyi Rih Pedagogical Institute, SIHE “Kryvyi Rih National University”

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31812/world_lit.v6i0.1274

Keywords:

folklore, genre, greetings, wishes, toasts, paroemia, comparison, mentality, national character, olklore

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of structural features of the genre varieties paroemias (greetings, compliments, toast) from the point of view of their development in the national mentality and the reflection in them of fragments of national coloring. Identified means and techniques of expression of the national character of the Ukrainian people and the basic principles on which is founded the distinction of congratulations, wishes and toasts.

Exploring such paroemia as greetings, wishes, toasts, we noticed that the subjects analyzed many of the works reflect the life of the Ukrainian people and their national traits: wealth, happiness, material prosperity.

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Published

2015-09-25

How to Cite

Щербак, С. В. (2015). Greetings, wishes, toasts as a form of national character expression. Literatures of the World: Poetics, Mentality and Spirituality, 6, 278–284. https://doi.org/10.31812/world_lit.v6i0.1274

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Mentality of world literature

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