The synthesis of genre dominants of Robinsonade and Bildungsroman in the «Life of Pi» by Yann Martel

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  • Сергій Комаров Gorlovka Institute of Foreign Languages State Institution of Higher Education "Donbas State Pedagogical University"

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31812/world_lit.v11i0.2030

Keywords:

Robinsonade, Bildungsroman, shipwreck, isolation, animal, island, survival, growing up, religion

Abstract

The article deals with the features of Robinsonade and Bildungsroman in «Life of Pi» (2001) by modern Canadian writer Yann Martel. The functioning of motives of isolation, island, survival, the struggle of natural and civilizational foundations in human consciousness, on the one hand, and motives of growing up and formation of a social model of behavior – on the other – are studied on the material of the text. Also, the role of religious ideas in the worldview of the character is revealed. The author accentuated the unity of the dominants of two classical genres in the novel.

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Author Biography

Сергій Комаров, Gorlovka Institute of Foreign Languages State Institution of Higher Education "Donbas State Pedagogical University"

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor, Head of the Department of World Literature

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Published

2018-09-19

How to Cite

Комаров, С. (2018). The synthesis of genre dominants of Robinsonade and Bildungsroman in the «Life of Pi» by Yann Martel. Literatures of the World: Poetics, Mentality and Spirituality, 11, 49–59. https://doi.org/10.31812/world_lit.v11i0.2030

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Vol. 11 (2018)

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Poetics of world literatures
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