The Concept "State" Through the Prism of Communicative Intentions of the Dystopian Fiction Discourse

The article deals with the means used by the authors of English-language dystopias to express their attitude to the insti-tution of state. These specific means are shown in the frame of analysis of the authors' communicative intentions. The article demonstrated the leading role of imperative-activating and warning-intimidating communicative intentions in the fiction futuristic discourse through the description of pragmatic ways of objectification of the concept “state”. This concept is rep-resented by the authors with the help of explication of the features and components peculiar not only for the writers' individ-ual view/style but for the ideology of whole generations. The article focuses on the tactics and strategies which the authors resort to in order to fulfill their initial communicative intentions.В статье рассматриваются средства, которыми авторы англоязычных антиутопий выражают свое отношение к институту государства. Данные средства представлены в рамках анализа авторских коммуникативных интенций