Функциональная роль архетипов Дома и Дороги в раскрытии характера героини романа Джейн Смайли

Abstract

The main theme of J. Smiley’s novels - the fate of a woman, her way to self-identification is revealed in this novel historically, that is, the action of the novel takes place at the end of the 19th–the first half of the 20th century. The first part of the novel is a parody at J. Austen’s novels. Margaret, the main character of Private Life, reminds of the heroines of J. Austen- a clever, well-read, intellectual person. According to the tradition of J. Austen’s novels she gets her prize at the end of this part-a rich and handsome young man as the husband. The story of her married life is the denunciation of the institution of marriage as Smiley sees it, as is shown in the article. This historical novel is devoted to the first manifestation of feminism at the end of the 19th- the beginning of the 20th century and tells about different strategies women took to it. The archetypes of the House and the Road play an important role conveying the message of this novel.