Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1817-7115 (Print)
ISSN 2541-898X (Online)


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Марсианские хроники «прекрасной эпохи»

В том блоке французской словесности конца XIX– начала XX в., который можно условно назвать «космической фантастикой», в центре внимания оказались полёты на Марс и установление контакта с марсианами. Популярность темы в массовой литературе обеспечили научные открытия того времени (в первую очередь так называемые «каналы») и традиционная символика римского божества, по имени которого названа Красная планета.

Mechanisms of Memory in «Nothing to be Frightened of» by Julian Barnes

The article studies the autobiographical book by Julian Barnes, the contemporary English postmodernist writer, where his personal memories illustrate the illusive nature of memory and its limits, revealing such mechanisms of memory as subjective interpretation, forgetting and imagining.

Ironic Epic Style of Fazil Iskander: Peculiarities of Idiostyle

Stylistic tendencies typical for F. Iskander’s idiostyle are analyzed: epic narration and ironic modality. External and internal characteristics of narrative as well as different degrees and types of irony are considered.

THE ROLE OF MEMORY IN THE FORMATION OF NATIONAL IDENTITY IN THE NOVEL J. BARNSA "ENGLAND, ENGLAND"

The article deals with the most important problems of the novel of the famous English postmodernist J. Barnes - the question of the authenticity of the foundations of English and the unreliability of personal memory. It also traces how the narrative character of the memory reveals the construction of the national identity.