Мотивы утраты и одиночества в романе Д. Коу "Невероятная частная жизнь Максвелла Сима"

Abstract

The article analyzes the ninth novel by contemporary British writer Jonathan Coe whose novels remain understudied by Russian literary critics., it represents equally interesting and important piece of writing for studying contemporary British history, culture, individual consciousness and psychology. According to some literary theorists, this novel can be perceived as a subgenre of the “state-of-the-nation novel”, which is in our opinion a debatable question. The present article is based on theworks of foreign specialists on Coe's writing such as V. Guignery, D. Dumitraşcu, Ph. Tew etc. The article explores the most common (in contrast to the title) characteristics of a modern man of the XXI century by studying the themes of loss and loneliness in their psychoanalytical interpretation. Special attention is paid to perception andtransformation of personal identity of the central character in terms of Freudian and Jungian theories.

В статье рассматриваются наиболее вероятные характеристики современного человека на примере изучения лейтмотивов утраты и одиночества в их психоаналитической интерпретации.