Verbalization Features of the Concept of FIRE in Artistic Discourse of the First Third of the Twentieth Century

The article analyzes conceptual metaphors of fire in artistic discourse. nthropomorphic, zoomorphic and mythological metaphors in the figurative structure of the concept are studied. nthropomorphic metaphor turns out to have been productively used in the works of most Silver ge poets. Images of the fire element are presented in ussian prose of the early twentieth century, as they are associated with revolutionary transformations. nalysis of the verbal embodiment of the concept in the prose texts of I.. Bunin, M. Gorky and M.I. Tsvetaeva allows the author to draw a conclusion about the peculiarities of the metaphorization of fire in their works. fire worshiper, M. Gorky, uses mythological, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic metaphorsto depict fire. In the epistolary heritage of M.I. Tsvetaeva, fire is the inner state of a person, a poetic gift. I. Bunin, as an impressionist artist, conveys the subtlest color transformations of fire. “Fire” lexemes realize some creative ideas of the authors and represent the concept of “fire” in the ussian linguistic picture of the world of the first third of the twentieth century.