Religious-mythological text from the position of precedence
Abstract
The article covers the problem of precedency of religious–mythological text and its main characteristics. Religious–mythological text is characterized by permanent axiological value both for universal and national cultures and this fact conditions its belonging to the core of “strong” texts. Religious–mythological texts are cognitively and linguoculturally significant units. Being a source of precedency represented in the literary text on the basis of mechanism of intertextuality with the help of allusion, religious-mythological text activates in a reader’s mind knowledge structures of mythological and religious character. The results of investigation showed that religious and mythological texts possess all characteristics of precedent text: a) notability and universal character; b) frequent use; c) reinterpretation; d) axiological significance; e) symbolical and imagery character; f) national–cultural specifics; g) cognitive significance.