Демифологизация и мифотворчество в современном российском публицистическом дискурсе
Processes of demythologization and mythologization in contemporary Russian journalistic discourse

Summary/Abstract: The origin of myth as a genre points to its everlasting nature which results from both public and political demand. That is why also today it is a living category in different communities - an object of interest also for ethno-linguists. Russian myths and “dethronement” of Soviet myths make up two parallel and interpenetrating processes providing us with material which makes it possible to define the diversity of cognitive functions of this tool of effective cognition. The distinct excess of new myths and uncompromising criticism of Soviet myths is the evidence of specific mentality, specific frame of mind of the people (years 1989-2002). Their construct is wishful thinking, which is typical for the Russians, and the uncompromising nature of critical assessments of the “altars of the past” generally propagated (also in media).

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