THE CONCEPT OF A BIOGRAPHIC NOVEL IN THE LITERARY ACTIVITY OF JAY PARINI

Аннотация

The article chronologically examines the work of the contemporary American writer Jay Parini. Scientifically highlighted such problems as the author's concept regarding the theory of a biographical novel, the difference between a historical novel and a biographical novel, history and biographical novel; the structure of a biographical novel interpreting high spiritual ideas, the manifestation of postmodern features in a modern biographical novel. Also, the article classifies the works of Jay Parini, which are grouped into such genres as: belles-lettres novels, biographical novels, biographies, poetry. An interpretations of the plots of his biographical novels - the brightest examples of the writer's work are given. The work examines novels about the great Russian writer Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy and American writer Herman Melville, as well as about the Jewish philosopher Walter Benjamin and Christian theologist Saint Paul, in which Jay Parini uses non-traditional types of narrative techniques in polyphonic discourse. The unique style of Jay Parini's works is scientifically substantiated, in which biographical information is expressed in literary language, in the genre of a novel, in the technique of polyphonic narration.