BSU bulletin. Philosophy
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About value orientations of the modern Americans in a sociolinguistic study of contemporary American short stories // BSU bulletin. Philosophy. - 2016. №2. Филология. Philology. - С. 102-108.
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About value orientations of the modern Americans in a sociolinguistic study of contemporary American short stories
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The article deals with cultural values of the modern Americans which have been identified in short stories of contemporary American writers. We have considered the concept of “value” gave the most frequently cited classifications of American values and postulated that values are generated in the process of reading fiction. Nowdays American values are being changed: the material component is dominant; however, the values promoted by fiction are traditional for the Americans. They are represented in the Declaration of Independence, which confirms the postu- late about the role of literature as a source of values for society.
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The article deals with cultural values of the modern Americans which have been identified in short stories of contemporary American writers. We have considered the concept of “value” gave the most frequently cited classifications of American values and postulated that values are generated in the process of reading fiction. Nowdays American values are being changed: the material component is dominant; however, the values promoted by fiction are traditional for the Americans. They are represented in the Declaration of Independence, which confirms the postulate about the role of literature as a source of values for society.
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4. Fujioka Y., Neuendorf K. A. Media, Racial Identity, and Mainstream American Values.Howard Journal of Communications. 2015. V. 26:4. Pp. 352–380.
5.Literature: an Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Compiled by X. J. Kennedy, Da- na Gioia. 8th ed. 2002.
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7. Klett Ernst Klett Verlag. GmbH. The American Dream Then and Now. Fact File, Stuttgart: Klett Ernst Klett Verlag. GmbH, 2006.
8. Kroeber A. L., Kluckhohn C. Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions. Pa- pers, 47 (1). Cambridge, Mass.: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 1952.
9. Kohls L. R. The Values Americans Live By. San Francisco, CA: San Francisco State Univer- sity, 1988.
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11. Samuel L. R. American Dream: A Cultural History. Syracuse, NY, USA: Syracuse University Press, 2012.
12. Wang Zh., FanAmerican W. Values Reflected in Names of US Supermarkets, the Top Five Values and American Dream. Open Journal of Modern Linguistics. 2013. V. 3. No. 4. Pp. 348–355.
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