ARTISTIC FEATURES OF NAGUIB MAHFOUZ’S NOVEL “RADOPIS”

Abstract

The article examines the artistic features of the historical novel “Radopis” (“The Pharaoh and the Concubine”) by the Nobel Prize winner, Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz. The novel belongs to the “Pharaoh series”, which includes three more works of the author. The work explores history by artistic means, allowing us to compare distant epochs, reflecting on the general issues of the development of civilization and human nature. The author analyzes the style of the novel, the means of expression. Special attention paid to such artistic elements as comparison, metaphor, personification, etc. The proposed aspect of the study of the novel has not yet become the subject of study. The language of “Radopis” seems impassive and majestic. The authors conclude that the knowledge of everyday life, fragments of folk songs, proverbs, aphorisms, mysterious priestly spells, public and solemn addresses of pharaohs inform the novel “Radopis” artistic and historical authenticity, give it a peculiar flavor.