Existential basis of the conceptosphere of happiness: analysis of the ideas of the past in the light of the Covid present

Makarova Tatiana Genrikhovna

The article highlights the linguistic means of expressing the concept of happiness in foreign linguistic cultures. The material is heavily based on the novel "The Plague" by A. Camus and the plays of the American playwright E. Albee "Who is afraid of Virginia Woolf? " and "Three Tall Women", belonging to the culture of the absurd. The specific features of the linguistic projection of the concept of happiness are analyzed from the standpoint of existentialism. Linguistic means of objectification of the concept allow us to identify its humanistic core. Translations of authentic texts were performed by the author.

Keywords:pandemic, model of happiness, existential crisis, concept, dramaturgy of the absurd