The conceptual diad "life-death" in the story of N.A. Vnukova «One»

The article is devoted to the development of practical approaches to the study of the concepts "Life" and "Death" as complex emotional and value formations that express the individual author's understanding of the essence of objects and phenomena. The article analyzes the concepts "Life" and "Death" and defines their places in the individual picture of the world of N.А. Vnukov. The following meanings of the key words-representatives are determined: life as a struggle, constant movement; life as a reality in which the hero resides; life as a rethinking of values; life as a manifestation of interest in the life of loved ones; death as the termination of life, physical existence, the line between reality and departure from it.