IMAGE OF NAPOLEON IN A POLITICAL DISCOURSE MODERN FRANCE (ON THE BASIS OF MATERIALS MASS MEDIA)
The author made an attempt to present transformation of an image of the Napoleonic era in a political discourse of modern France. The aspiration of the French authorities through the appeal to categories of the past to prove authoritative methods of the management causes, as a rule, sharp counteraction from the public. The author came to a conclusion that the image of Napoleon takes a sign place in a political discourse of France, being a certain symbolical search of a sample of perfect imperious model. However transformation of shape of the French emperor at different stages of development of the mode V of the republic shows that use in interests of the power of an image of the historical person or a historical event can lead to absolutely unpredictable results. So, historical myths about Napoleon in a political field of modern France promotes awakening in the society of feeling of patriotism only in relation to the sphere of the international relations.