TIMUR KIBIROV: CONTINUATION OF TRADITIONS OF V. NABOKOV (BASED ON THE FIRST BOOK “ANNA AND COMMANDER” FROM THE NOVEL “THE GENERAL AND HIS FAMILY”)

Abstract

Adequate understanding postmodern literature is possible only when considering its primary sources that is creativity of writers who anticipated its appearance. Within the framework of this article, the influence of V. Nabokov’s work on the creation of T. Kibirov’s novel “The General and His Family” is considered, which is relevant and promising, since, as the analysis shows, on the one hand, in this work the ideas of V. Nabokov find new understanding and are subjected to further development, and, on the other hand, they help T. Kibirov in revealing the images of the heroes of the novel, which allows to talk about the special compositional and plot role of this kind of allusions and reminiscent inclusions from the works of V. Nabokov. In the course of the study, mediated intertextual inclusions (ideas and worldview positions of V. Nabokov, references to the characters of his work) and direct quotations from his literary work are distinguished. It has been established that intertextual inclusions from the works of V. Nabokov, which are recorded in the novel “The General and His Family” are divided into two groups: mediated (further comprehension of the ideas and beliefs of V. Nabokov); direct (quotations from the works of V. Nabokov, as well as references to the writer himself and his books).