PECULIARITIES OF FUNCTIONAL APPROACH TO THE INVESTIGATION OF THE SCIENCE-FICTION TEXT

Abstract

The article describes functional approach, which considers the literary text with reference to the peculiarities of its perception. Moreover, the text is supposed to be a result of co-creation of both the author and reader. The paper presents main principles of functional methodology based on psycholinguistic, functional-communicative, and cognitive paradigms. The study reveals the ways of analyzing the literary text which are possible only through the interaction of cognitive structures and psychogenic processes (perception, attention, memory, and thinking). The paper describes certain characteristic features that are inherent to science fiction text (artistic and fantasy nature, as well as imaginary imitation of science). The peculiarity of all types of science fiction is that it forms a so called “fantasy reality”. Such reality offers its own version of the world model. In addition, it is based on the image of the fantasy world, invented by the author. A particular emphasis is laid on the fantasy world that appears due to the ability of human thinking to imagine, representing objects that do not exist, and also the ability of a person to simulate situations which are impossible at this moment of scientific and technological development. Thus, this predetermines a conscious departure from reality.