ЛЕКСИКО-СЕМАНТИЧНЕ ВИРАЖЕННЯ КОНЦЕПТІВ «БІЛИЙ», «ЧОРНИЙ» ТА «ЧЕРВОНИЙ» У ПОЕТИЧНІЙ КАРТИНІ СВІТУ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ НЕОКЛАСИКІВ (на матеріалі поезій М. Зерова, М. Драй-Хмари та П. Филипповича)

The article deals with the concept as a means of verbal expression of ideas and knowledge about the objective world. In a writer’s poetic picture of the world concepts receive new meaning which reflects the features of his world view. Individual author concepts form the conceptual space of a literary text. Colour is an important means of conceptualizing objective reality for masters of artistic speech. In poetries the concept of colour usually has a number of interpretations and associations. The topicality of the research is due to the lack of studies analyzing the semantic content of concepts ≪white≫, ≪black≫ and ≪red≫ in the poetic works of Ukrainian neoclassicists. The aim of the article is to analyse the semantic content of concepts ≪white≫, ≪black≫ and ≪red≫ in the poetries of M. Zerov, M. Dray-Khmara and P. Fylyppovych. Achieving the aim involves solving the following tasks: 1) to submit the main features of the term ≪concept≫; 2) to present a definition of poetic picture of the world; 3) to describe general language and individual author’s The article deals with the concept as a means of verbal expression of ideas and knowledge about the objective world. In a writer’s poetic picture of the world concepts receive new meaning which reflects the features of his world view. Individual author concepts form the conceptual space of a literary text. Colour is an important means of conceptualizing objective reality for masters of artistic speech. In poetries the concept of colour usually has a number of interpretations and associations. The topicality of the research is due to the lack of studies analyzing the semantic content of concepts ≪white≫, ≪black≫ and ≪red≫ in the poetic works of Ukrainian neoclassicists. The aim of the article is to analyse the semantic content of concepts ≪white≫, ≪black≫ and ≪red≫ in the poetries of M. Zerov, M. Dray-Khmara and P. Fylyppovych. Achieving the aim involves solving the following tasks: 1) to submit the main features of the term ≪concept≫; 2) to present a definition of poetic picture of the world; 3) to describe general language and individual author’s semantic components that represent the concepts ≪white≫, ≪black≫ and ≪red≫ in the poetic speech of Ukrainian neoclassicists. Literature is the most appropriate and relevant material for analysis the features of semantic content and functioning of colour vocabulary. The concept ≪white≫ in the poetic texts of Ukrainian neoclassicists is a colour characteristic to vegetation, winter landscapes. In M. Zerov’s idiostyle ≪white≫ symbolizes death. ≪Black≫ is the concept that describes the colour of objects, phenomena and creatures. In certain contexts word-combination black ground symbolizes death. Concept creates the typical portrait images (black eyebrows, black braid), expresses negative emotions and events. The ≪red≫ marks the colour of sunrise and symbolizes the Soviet regime.