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The articie contains а survey of the tradition of travel narratives in English literature from the ХVI century аn well аn of the current critical concepts of the genre of travels. It offers а perspective оп the state of the genre in the English literature of the 1930-s аnd analyzes W.H. Auden and Louis McNiece's «Letters from lceland» (1937) аs а representative text of е period. This travel book happens to be centered around Auden's major poem of the thirties — «А Letter Lordto Вугоn», hence the analysis is focused оn this poem.,

The article is devoted to memoir part оf «Mémoires d'outre-tombe» by Chateaubriand from the point оn view of writer's self-appraisal and his creative method. We examine historical context used in the book, principles of making public figures аnd literary men's portraits, correlation between е conception of author's «selfs аnd гергеsenting period. Memoir layer reflects the epical originality of е book and becomes the expression о’ the typical romantic idea about person. 

The article substantiates the necessity оn addressing obituaries and asserts the importance of obituaries, memoirs and biographical publications that consolidated people of different esthetic and literary critical persuasions around the пате of М. Е. Saltykov-Shchedrin. 

The article traces forms о’ Biblical language in “Well-intentioned speeches” (1872-1876) аnd its functioning in the narrator's speech and the characters’ dialogues. 

A journalist's self-identification, thе level of his professional culture are directly connected with the nature of mediaactivity (the press, radio and TV) which has its deep roots at the knowledge about three types of literary аrt (epical, lyrical and dramatic). The quality оf journalistic work, in its turn, depends оп the journalist's ethical code. 

The айс analyses innovative processes оп syntactical аnd text level in modern press. The strategy of being close to the addressee leads 10 the blending of formal аnd informal styles, written and spoken means оn communication, and makes the text more colloquial in style.