THE PICASSO OF OUR FOOTBALL: REALIZATION OF INTERDISCURSIVITY THROUGH ARTISTIC MODALITIES IN THE SPANISH DISCOURSE OF FOOTBALL

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to illustrate the implementation of areas of interdiscursivity of the Spanish-language football discourse through the perspective of the categories of arts. The study is empirical and aims to trace the tendency to interdiscursivity, which is embodied through metaphors in the period of 2012-2021. By its nature, sports football discourse is an open and subjective construct, which is also characterized by an obvious social nature and carries on itself a sign of the society in which it functions. The study of this phenomenon requires an interdisciplinary approach, which is implemented in a constant dialogue with other discourses. The article presents a number of examples from the press (Marca, As, Mundo Deportivo, Sport, El País, El Mundo, rtve.es) and books on football, which demonstrate an open nature of the Spanish-language football discourse and the implementation of interdiscourse in field of arts in general (the game as a work of art, as crafts), and its specific fields. In particular, we trace the involvement of painting and fine arts, famous artists, literature (epic, poetry, ode, myth, allusions to famous works), theater and cinema. Special attention should be paid to the Spanish picaresque, music in the broadest sense, including ballet and dance, music groups, Spanish cultural realities (flamenco, Spain as a country of autonomies, national literature and gastronomy, holidays, the world of bullfighting). The pragmatic function of such markers in football articles is to verbalize a vivid picture of a sports event on paper, increase the drama of victory or defeat, celebrate the victory of the winners or criticize their behavior or actions, which in turn becomes possible due to the adjacency of sports football discourse with an artistic one.