THE LITERARY TEXT AS A SPACE OF CULTURAL CODE CONCEPTUALIZATION

Abstract

The article substantiates the interpretation of the literary text as a space for the conceptualization of cultural code. Within the anthropocentric and linguocultural paradigms, the literary text is viewed as a complex semiotic structure in which language functions as the primary mechanism for encoding, preserving, and transforming cultural meanings. Special attention is paid to the concept as a fundamental unit of cultural memory and to the conceptosphere as a structured system of culturally significant mental formations.

The study analyzes contemporary French-language novels by the 21st-century Prix Goncourt laureates as representative models of cultural experience. Through conceptual and contextual-interpretative analysis, the paper identifies key verbal markers, symbolic structures, and archetypal images that function as carriers of cultural code. Particular emphasis is placed on such dominant concepts as memory, silence, trauma, identity, war, and literary heritage, which shape the axiological framework of the texts.

The findings demonstrate that the conceptosphere of a literary work reflects the interaction between national worldview and individual authorial interpretation. Literary discourse not only reproduces collective cultural memory but also reinterprets and transforms it, creating new semantic configurations. Thus, the literary text emerges as a dynamic space of cultural conceptualization, where language becomes a mediator between individual experience and collective identity. The proposed approach contributes to a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of cultural representation and the role of language in constructing national and transnational identities.