Mythological Allusions in R. D. Harris’s Works as Postmodernist Techniques to Actualize Social and Historical Context (by the Material of the Novels "Imperium" and "Dictator")
Shchemeleva Elena Borisovna
Moscow Pedagogical State University
Submitted: 20.02.2020
Abstract. The article is devoted to studying the mythological paradigm in the "ancient" novels of Cicero trilogy by the modern British author R. D. Harris. The research material includes "Imperium" and "Dictator" fragments containing allusions to the myth of Theseus and Plato’s myth of the cave. A comprehensive analysis of spatial topoi as postmodernist techniques to actualize social and historical context allows the researcher to reveal figurative and storyline parallels between R. D. Harris’s novels and works by U. Eco, J. L. Borges, R. Zelazny, R. Barthes, P. Ackroyd, to identify authorial meanings conditioned by modern influences.
Key words and phrases: мифологическая парадигма, аллюзия, экфрасис, архетипический топос, пространственный топос, миф о Тесее, миф о Пещере, Р. Д. Харрис, mythological paradigm, allusion, ecphrasis, archetypical topos, spatial topos, myth of Theseus, Plato’s myth of the cave, R. D. Harris
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