MYTHOLOGICAL NATURE OF SYMBOLS-IMAGES IN THE WORKS OF L. ULITSKAYA

Abstract

The article discusses the work of Lyudmila Ulitskaya, her place and position in modern Russian literature, orientation and character, the use of symbolism in her works. In her works, she reveals various topics and problems: the meaning of life, death, duty, religion, the fate of women. Critics position the work of L. Ulitskaya at the junction of women’s prose and postmodernism. So the article discusses mythological trends in modern Russian women’s prose. Turning to symbolism, in her own way, in accordance with the worldview and creative handwriting, the writer peculiarly “connects” the images-symbols to the system of various artistic techniques in her works. Moreover, in each case, the symbolism does not obscure, but, on the contrary, sets off the originality of the poetics of the writer, being an important additional means of reflecting the world.