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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| author | E. V. Astakhova |
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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-bc9d770cd1174ce1abeb61ed9d461d2c2024-02-07T10:17:04ZengMGIMO University PressVestnik MGIMO-Universiteta2071-81602541-90992014-04-0102(35)28529810.24833/2071-8160-2014-2-35-285-29898The Concept of Fiesta in Spanish National and Cultural Vision of the WorldE. V. Astakhova0Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian FederationThe 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.https://www.vestnik.mgimo.ru/jour/article/view/98spainfiestamegaconceptculturelanguagecharactervision of the worldcommunicationmetaforeimagepicture of the world |
| spellingShingle | E. V. Astakhova The Concept of Fiesta in Spanish National and Cultural Vision of the World Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta 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 | spain fiesta megaconcept culture language character vision of the world communication metafore image picture of the world |
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