, . . , . . . ., - » , . - « », . . - , : «… . »8 . , - , . , 1 ., . . . . : ., : . 5 . : 7 . . ., 2001. . ., 1996. . 340. ., 2001. . 23. : XXI . ., 2003. . 5. : , , ., 2005. . 6. : . ., 1991. // . 1991. 6. . 57. . . . . 8 . , ., 2001. . . ., 2000; ., . ., - . ., . . . . , . : . . . . ., 2001; . . . 4 6 . . . 2002.; 3 . . 2002; , 2 - . . , . 191. . . « » « » . – , « » . . « » . . The article is devoted to the investigation of the concept «death» in Ray Bradbury’s novel «Dandelion Wine». The article reveals varying interpretations of the said concept by the author and methods of its verbalization. 168 ., - « » « » «That [Death] provokes you into creativity. That is the ricochet board that you work against. The sense of death has been with me always. It’s a wall there and you bounce life off of it. And you create because there is the treat of extinction, so every new book is a triumph over darkness». Ray Bradbury « ( ) . , . . , ». . , – - . , », , , . . , . , . . , . . , . . , . . , . . , . . , . . , . . , M. Heidegger, G. Lakoff, G. Picht, : – ( ), ( ) ) , . , , , , , . , - , . , , « – , , . , . , - »1 . , . . . . . . « , , . . . . , . . , , , ( . ) , . - , », « , , 169 ... , - , , , , : to laugh – ; to run – ( – , – ); to jump – ( , , , ). , , , , , , : to go into darkness – : ; ; to leave behind [on the bright shore, [children] running, jumping, hilarious with motion] – to leave – , ; behind – ( . . , , , ). , »2 . . . « »3 . , - , - « ». - - , ( ) , , ( ) : death – - , night – « . » » « : shadows – . »: . . , . « , - . , , ; sleep – . . . , , : serenity like a sea moving along an endless and self-refreshing shore – , . : dream – . , . . – – ). , , , , » : . – . , , , , , . ( ; - – . . . ; darkness – , . « ; dead man – , 170 , « , : scarce-remembered bed – . « » , » - . . ) . : she let the old dream touch and lift her from the snow and drift her above the scarce-remembered bed – , , . , , . , , . , . . , , , , , . alone – without other people – . ( , » : alone in the universe – . : swelling loneliness – - , . swelling – becoming larger and rounder than usual; increasing in size or amount – , . , , « »: 171 « » Death was the Lonely One – . . » Lonely One , ( ). 4 , . . the - . . . : death was the waxen effigy in the coffin when he was six – , , . , , , , , , , , , , , . , : life was an horror lived in them at night; an ogre called Death – , , , . horror – an extremely strong feeling of fear and shock – ; . . : an horror lived – . , life was… an ogre called Death – … , . ogre – a large frightening character in children’s stories ); I’ve tasted every victual and danced every dance; now there’s one last tart I haven’t bit on, one tune I haven’t whistled – , , , , , ( ). « , , ». , . , : had to get away, you’ll have to [die] anyway, must die – ( ), , . , , , . , « », who eats children – , ; . , , . . - Death – . , . . , , : death was..., death was…; that was Death (twice); but this was more than Death – .., …, ( ), , . « » , , . , , : Never come out again. That could mean anything. Tramps. Criminals. Darkness. Accident. Most of all death! – . . . . . . – ! , , . , . : he [the Lonely One] always comes through here, some night he’ll come through – ( ) , ( – , 1 . . ( 5. . 36. . . . 2000. 4. . 41–42. . . . . . 2001. 2 3 . 4 . . , - , . , - . , . », « . , . , ) / . . // . // . . // . : : 10.02.01. ., 2004. 172 ., 2002. / - . 6. -