Abstract
This article raises a number of topical issues of modern literary criticism concerning motives, such as semantics, aesthetic significance, and the ontological essence of the motive. The undoubted novelty of the work is confirmed by the lack of scientific materials to determine the motive of the meeting on this work of fiction, despite a relatively large number of studies of literary and linguistic content on the work of R. Bradbury. The aim of the article is to determine the semantic aspect of the motive of the meeting in Ray Bradbury’s novel “Dandelion Wine” and reveal how this motive is filled with value meanings in the work. The study’s subject was the semantic aspect of the meeting motive in the work, its dominant values, and its axiological orientation. The object is the motif of the meeting in the work. The research material was Ray Bradbury’s novel Dandelion Wine. Private, scientific methods: artistic hermeneutics, intertextual analysis, and methods of holistic, conceptual, component, and contextual analysis were used, which allowed us to identify the features of Bradbury’s video style to determine the features of author’s worldview and worldview. The results of the study show that the semantic aspect of the meeting motive in Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury reflects the protagonist’s evolving understanding of life, emphasizing the significance of human connections in shaping personal identity and perception of time. The work’s practical significance is due to the fact that the materials presented in the article can be used in seminars and lectures on the study of contemporary foreign literature, world literature of the twentieth century, modern American literature, etc. In conclusion, the semantic aspect of the meeting motive in Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury reveals how encounters shape the protagonist’s self-awareness, emphasizing the fleeting yet transformative nature of human connections.