MOTIVE OF TRAVEL IN THE NOVEL BY PETER CORNELL "THE WAYS TO PARADISE: COMMENTARIES TO THE LOST MANUSCRIPT"
Kasimova Gul'nara Rashidovna
Moscow State Pedagogical University
Abstract. The article considers the motive of travel in the novel by the Swedish writer Peter Cornell "The Ways to Paradise: Commentaries to the Lost Manuscript" (1989) as a structure-forming element of the narration and a sphere of images and meanings associated with it; the author identifies accompanying motives, analyzes how this motive, along with the genre form of the literary work and the title, serve the realization of the idea of the novel. The analysis of the motive also allows concluding on the artistic space of the novel organized around the sacral center.
Key words and phrases: роман-комментарий, мотив путешествия, интерактивный роман, гипертекстовая литература, экфрастические элементы, novel-commentary, motive of travel, interactive novel, hyper-textual literature, ekphrastic elements
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