ON THE PROBLEM OF DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT “FAIRY-FANTASY WORLDVIEW” IN MODERN ANGLISTICS

The article analyses the fairy-fantasy view of the world in modern English discourse. Fairy-fantasy view of the world is represented in belles-lettres genres, in folklore and literary fairy tales, and in other literary genres comprising fairy-fantasy view of the world. The author concludes that fairy tale is an interesting and up-to-date beginning which penetrates into other genres of fiction.

Fairy tale, fairy-fantasy opuses of other genres of fiction and especially folklore fairy tale and myth combine eternal, universal human, childish principles; they have world-modeling function and moral philosophy. The article studies fairy-fantasy view of the world in modern love-story novels, thrillers and detective stories. The author affirms that non-fiction represents fairy-fantasy view of the world as well. The components of fairy-fantasy view of the world can be found in nonfiction: in jokes and advertisements. The author concludes that it is appropriate to consider the fairy-fantasy view of the world in modern Anglistics as a totality of all fairy-tale and fantastic concepts of the world which exists in many fairy tales and fantastic texts. It is proved that not only fiction but non-fiction as well contains components of fairy-fantasy view of the world. The literary genres that represent fairy-fantasy view of the world are folklore and literary fairy tales, love-story novels, thrillers and detective stories, jokes and advertisements.