Lexical and semantic field ‘white’ in the novel “Sag harbor” by Colson Whitehead

The article deals with the structure and peculiarities of the lexical and semantic field ‘White’ based on the novel “Sag Harbor” by C. Whitehead. The core of the field has a black/white structure, there are revealed a near-nuclear zone, a close and far periphery. The field method allows to study the semantic peculiarities of the lexical environment of the novel, there is concluded about the world picture of the author.