The Concept of Fiesta in Spanish National and Cultural Vision of the World

The author examines the image of Spain through the megaconcept of fiesta, which determines many aspects of the national and cultural mentality. This concept reflects various vectors of quotidian life, religious and popular holidays with their complicated details and special dramaturgy, penetrates to...

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Main Author: Elena Vasilievna Astakhova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MGIMO University Press 2014-01-01
Series:Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta
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Online Access:http://www.vestnik.mgimo.ru/razdely/mezhkulturnaya-kommunikaciya/prazdnik-v-nacionalno-kulturnom-mirovidenii-ispanii
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description The author examines the image of Spain through the megaconcept of fiesta, which determines many aspects of the national and cultural mentality. This concept reflects various vectors of quotidian life, religious and popular holidays with their complicated details and special dramaturgy, penetrates to every day communication and behavior. The research determines such Spanish extralinguistic realities as corrida, tertulia, movida, botellon, indignados, analyses the role of the theater, of "coffee culture", of football and other phenomenons in social life and cognitive space of Spaniards. The knowledge of different aspects of fiesta helps to understand the word potential of Spanish language, its metaphors, and stylistic images. The fiesta as a key word of Spanish linguistic culture, it is full of feelings, which considered being merged in verbal, textual, visual and no verbal dimensions for the exit of intercultural communication.
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spelling doaj.art-44838544482c4247ae286b88a4a67a4c2022-12-21T19:08:25ZengMGIMO University PressVestnik MGIMO-Universiteta2071-81602014-01-0135228529898The Concept of Fiesta in Spanish National and Cultural Vision of the WorldElena Vasilievna Astakhova0МГИМО(У)МИД РоссииThe author examines the image of Spain through the megaconcept of fiesta, which determines many aspects of the national and cultural mentality. This concept reflects various vectors of quotidian life, religious and popular holidays with their complicated details and special dramaturgy, penetrates to every day communication and behavior. The research determines such Spanish extralinguistic realities as corrida, tertulia, movida, botellon, indignados, analyses the role of the theater, of "coffee culture", of football and other phenomenons in social life and cognitive space of Spaniards. The knowledge of different aspects of fiesta helps to understand the word potential of Spanish language, its metaphors, and stylistic images. The fiesta as a key word of Spanish linguistic culture, it is full of feelings, which considered being merged in verbal, textual, visual and no verbal dimensions for the exit of intercultural communication.http://www.vestnik.mgimo.ru/razdely/mezhkulturnaya-kommunikaciya/prazdnik-v-nacionalno-kulturnom-mirovidenii-ispaniiИспанияпраздникмегаконцепткультураязыкхарактермировидениекоммуникацияметафораобразкартина мираSpainfiestamegaconceptculturelanguagecharactervision of the worldcommunicationmetaforeimagepicture of the world
spellingShingle Elena Vasilievna Astakhova
The Concept of Fiesta in Spanish National and Cultural Vision of the World
Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta
Испания
праздник
мегаконцепт
культура
язык
характер
мировидение
коммуникация
метафора
образ
картина мира
Spain
fiesta
megaconcept
culture
language
character
vision of the world
communication
metafore
image
picture of the world
title The Concept of Fiesta in Spanish National and Cultural Vision of the World
title_full The Concept of Fiesta in Spanish National and Cultural Vision of the World
title_fullStr The Concept of Fiesta in Spanish National and Cultural Vision of the World
title_full_unstemmed The Concept of Fiesta in Spanish National and Cultural Vision of the World
title_short The Concept of Fiesta in Spanish National and Cultural Vision of the World
title_sort concept of fiesta in spanish national and cultural vision of the world
topic Испания
праздник
мегаконцепт
культура
язык
характер
мировидение
коммуникация
метафора
образ
картина мира
Spain
fiesta
megaconcept
culture
language
character
vision of the world
communication
metafore
image
picture of the world
url http://www.vestnik.mgimo.ru/razdely/mezhkulturnaya-kommunikaciya/prazdnik-v-nacionalno-kulturnom-mirovidenii-ispanii
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