Genre features of the medical myth in the sacred text of the Torah

The medical myth in the sacred text realizes matters concerning the knowledge about diseases and methods of their treatment. The medical myth is a complex phenomenon that arises as a result of interaction of people within a certain linguocultural community and influences its norms and values. The purpose of this study is to describe the genre specifics of medical myths in the sacred text of the Torah and to consider their plot and thematic content. The relevance of the study is due to the fact that the genre features of the medical myth in the sacred text have not yet become the object of the research. The theoretical significance of the work is determined by the fact that the results of this study contribute to the study of the genre features of the medical myth in the sacred texts of various religions. The practical significance of the work lies in the potential application of the research into the genre features of the medical myth in practical classes on the stylistics of the English language, devoted to the analysis of the semantic and meaningful space of the medical myth and its metaphorical representation in sacred texts in English. The proposed research methodology is as follows: 1) analysis of the genre features of the medical myth as a complex archetypal complex; 2) description of the typology of the medical myth in the sacred text of the Torah, which represents its genre features, using metaphorical framing. The typology of medical myths in the sacred text of the Torah is as follows: the myth of the epidemic of the disease, the myth of the snake bite, the myth of surrogate motherhood. These myths can be described using metaphorical framing. The analysis shows that the genre features of the medical myth as a complex archetypal complex are characterized by figurativeness, which is reflected in the emblematic features of this myth. Mythological figurativeness, firstly, is manifested in archetypal events in the medical myth, which arose on the basis of archaic beliefs about illness as a result of the action of evil spirits. Secondly, the myth shows the sacredness of the activities of mythological heroes, creating a mythological picture of the world that is not limited in time. Thirdly, the archetypal plot cliché unites the semantic and meaningful space of the myth and it is its valuesemantic core.

genre, medical myth, archetype, framing, metaphor, semantic and meaningful space, values