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SOURCE:	Philology. Theory & Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2014. № 11. Part 1. P. 104-107.
SCIENTIFIC AREA:	Philological Sciences
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FUNCTIONS OF MYSTERY MOTIF IN CREATING IMAGE OF THE PAST IN THE NOVEL "SPIES" BY FRAYN MICHAEL

Kolesnikova Ol'ga Vladimirovna
Moscow State Pedagogical University

Abstract. The article considers the poetics of mystery motif in the novel "Spies" (2002) by the modern English writer Frayn Michael (1993). The various functions of mystery motif and the techniques of its manifestation are analyzed in the text. The plot-formative role of the motif is studied in detail. The features of its functions in the creation of the image of the past are emphasized. The sense-formative nature of the motif is revealed in the context of the novel problematics. This approach is first carried out in the analysis of the work in the Russian and foreign literary criticism.

Key words and phrases: функции мотива тайны, умолчание, образ прошлого, современный английский роман, интерпретация прошлых событий, functions of mystery motif, preterition, image of the past, modern English novel, interpretation of past events

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