THE SYMBOLISM OF COLORS IN THE ETHNIC PICTURE OF THE WORLD OF THE ARABS
https://doi.org/10.24833/2410-2423-2019-1-17-97-107
Abstract
Te article studies symbolic meanings of colors in the Arab on the material of Arabic sacred, literary texts, dictionary editions, and folklore. Tere is considered the place of each element of the color palette in the Arab ethnic picture of the world, which expresses moral and ethical values and worldview of the Arab ethnic group, and the importance and influence of colors on the Arab mentality. Te analysis reveals the similarities and differences in the perception of colors and their symbolic meanings in the Arab and Russian languages. Arabs’ perception of a particular color is based on their fgurative system, in which all the phenomena of the surrounding world appear not in the form of philosophical abstract generalizations, but as a realistic perception of the surrounding reality. Symbolism of their perception is revealed in their practical life, the basis on which national consciousness and national mentality is formed. Color symbolism depends on the place and conditions in which an ethnic group lives. A national picture of the world, however, is not only and not so much a reflection of these conditions, it is a reflection of their moral, ethical and aesthetic conceptualization, fxed in various linguistic forms and transmitted from generation to generation as a moral code allowing people to preserve their national identity.
About the Author
E. V. Kuhareva
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena V. Kukhareva – candidate of Philology, associate Professor, associate Professor of languages of the Middle East
76, Prospect Vernadskogo Moscow, 119454
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Kuhareva E.V. THE SYMBOLISM OF COLORS IN THE ETHNIC PICTURE OF THE WORLD OF THE ARABS. Linguistics & Polyglot Studies. 2019;17(1):97-107. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24833/2410-2423-2019-1-17-97-107
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