On the question of I. S. Shmelev's idiostyle: based on the study of lexis with root -rad in the short novel "The inexhaustible cup"

The article analyzes the lexemes with root -rad- in the tale The Inexhaustible Cup by I. S. Shmelev. Lexemes are systematized on the basis of functional thesaurus. In the process of analysis is detected of the concept of «Joy». The study of the Joy's concept enables us to make important observations in the field of Church liturgical tradition, literary form, poetics images of the investigated text. The concept generalizes the values contained in the lexicon of the eleven ideological and thematic groups (the good force, prayer, icon, space, freedom/ will, pleasure, fun, boredom, sadness, love, art), which are grouped around two main correlated topics: sacred - secular. The intention of the concept of «joy» define the ideological perspective of the tale as the text of the spiritual life of the heroes.