FEMALE IMAGES IN THE NOVEL TRAVEL OF LAYMEN BY B. SH. OKUDZHAVA
Kipnes L. V.
St.-Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
Abstract. The typology of female images in B. Sh. Okudzhava's creative works is represented in the article. It is shown on the basis of the novel Travel of Laymen, that B. Sh. Okudzhava destroys gender stereotype creating female image which can resist to the tradition developed in society. The author asserts that B. Sh. Okudzhava not only considerably expands the classification of female images developed in the Russian literature, complicating it, but also creates complex characters supplementing each other.
Key words and phrases: типология женских образов, творчество Б. Ш. Окуджавы, роман "Путешествие дилетантов", гендерный стереотип, typology of female images, B. Sh. Okudzhava's creative works, the novel "Travel of Laymen", gender stereotype
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