MARKEME ANALYSIS OF THE NOVEL ‘PRISONER OF HEAVEN’ BY CARLOS RUIZ ZAFÓN

Abstract

Тhe method of markemic text analysis is based on the fact that the content component of the text is represented by the author's attitude, which determines the choice and frequency of words in the text, which is the resultant of two patterns: objective – linguistic and subjective – authorial. The markemes reveal the most important themes in the author's work and provide information about his artistic world. This method of separating thematically neutral vocabulary from thematically labeled vocabulary allows you to take into account the informative value of each word against the background of all the words presented in the text of the novel. The purpose of the study is a comprehensive analysis of a work of Spanish literature, the novel "Prisoner of Heaven" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. According to the results of the markeme analysis, the dominant text is the markem circunstancias ‘circumstances’, and the vice-dominant is the markeme intelectualidad ‘intelligence, intellectuality'. The third markeme, is condiciones ‘conditions, circumstances'. Semantic analysis of markemes showed that the fundamental markemes expressing fundamental concepts dominate in the novel "Prisoner of Heaven" – 58 %. They are followed by mental-perceptual markemes related to the mind and perception of the world – 24 %. The specifi c feature of the genre of magical realism is the artistic use of elements of fi ction along with the obligatory presence of features of easily identifi able historical reality. This fact could explain the predominance of markemes that characterize both the fundamental concepts and the person’s mental and perceptual processes in the novel "Prisoner of Heaven" by K.R. Safón,. Qualitative markemes that characterize human qualities are in third place – 8 %, and emotional markemes that characterize a person's emotional state are in fourth place – 6 %. Moral and ethical issues that characterize moral values are in fi fth place – 4 %.