ON FEATURES OF SPACE IN R. DAHL’S STORIES “GENESIS AND CATASTROPHY” AND “THE LANDLADY”

The article deals with the study of concept “space” in the fictional discourse of the classic British writer ? Roald Dahl ? alongside with presenting the results of the analysis of the mentioned discourse in terms of characteristics that the space represents in the texts. So, the authors interpret the space of two stories taking into account the space’s being either close or open, flexible or non-flexible, extending or narrowing, concrete or ab- stract, real or imaginary, finally, its being either static or dynamic. Such an approach chosen for investigation of the fictional discourse contributes to deciphering the ways the architectonics of short stories is built up. It also makes the views on chronotopos deeper and more profound as the described concept “space” is one the basic elements within the two-member conceptual paradigm making the structural foundation of any discourse ? of “time and space” organization