METAPHORS OF THE SUBSPHERE “HUMAN” IN THE NOVEL “FAHRENHEIT 451” BY R. BRADBURY
The discourse of fiction provides vast material for the study of metaphoric modelling. The metaphor is not only one of the main figurative means in literature, but also it is a key to understanding the linguistic worldview of the author. The article deals with the analysis of conceptual metaphors of the subsphere “Human” in the novel by R. Bradbury “Fahrenheit 451”, which is one of the “strong” texts in world literature. The novel has undergone a vast number of interpretations. Using the method of analyzing metaphors united by the source domain and the method of analyzing metaphors in the discourse of the communication addresser we were able to identify and classify by frames and slots 140 conceptual metaphors of the subsphere “Human”. The pragmatic potential of these metaphors is described. The quantitative analysis of the metaphors of different subspheres allowed to reveal the dominant conceptual images and to draw conclusions about the peculiarities of the fictional reality of the novel.