THE MEANS OF CREATING THE IMAGE OF RUSSIA IN MODERN BRITISH HISTORICAL NOVELS

Abstract

The article examines the linguistic and stylistic means used for creating the image of russia in a modern english historical novel. Particular attention is paid to identification of the genre of historical novel and imagological studies in literature. The author touches on the trasformation of the genre in general and describes typical features of modern works of this genre. The idea of “russian myth” is also mentioned. The term “image” is considered both from the view point of literary studies and stylistics. Different means of creating literary image are explored and analyzed. The novels under consideration are “Russka” by E. Rutherfurd and “Tsarina” by E. Alpsten. They are studied in terms of their genre, representation of the image of Russia and means of creating this image in particular. Vocabulary usage, expressive means and stylistic devices are identified and analyzed. The use of linguostylistic means in the two novels is compared. Conclusions about the approaches of the two authors are made.