Stereotypes of beauty in Russian and Uzbek linguistic cultures (based on Russian and Uzbek proverbs)

Abstract

The analysis of paremic units is carried out, the system of representation of the aesthetic evaluation of the concept of “beauty” in the Russian and Uzbek proverbial language pictures of the world is described. Proverbs with the semantics of “beauty” and their role in the process of reflecting the spiritual, moral and socio-cultural worldview of a person are considered. Based on the material of Russian and Uzbek proverbs, the assessment of the concept of “beauty” (appearance) against the background of other types of assessment (character qualities – moral and aesthetic assessment; human actions – ethical and aesthetic assessment; mind/soul – intellectual and aesthetic; physiological characteristics – valeological and aesthetic); evaluation of activity – pragmatic-aesthetic). In the compared languages, similarities and differences in the representation of a person’s aesthetic assessment on the basis of signs are established: appearance – an act, an act – a state, a state – a conclusion, the presence of beauty – a quality of character, a person’s nomination in accordance with the aesthetic standards of beauty. An assessment of the spiritual characteristics of a person (method of action, nature of actions, attitude towards others, quality of character) is determined, which is interconnected with the assessment of visual behavior. The representative language units and their semantic features (anthropocentric, personality-individual, value-evaluative and emotional-evaluative) are compared, characteristic of a particular language in five thematic groups in the compared languages (“Possession of beauty”, “Attractive force, a good phenomenon desired by the heart and soul”, “Pure and flawless”, “Unprecedented, amazing”, “Attitude towards others/towards oneself”).