МОТИВ НАДЕЖДЫ В РАССКАЗЕ ЛЮДМИЛЫ УЛИЦКОЙ АЛИСА ПОКУПАЕТ СМЕРТЬ
THE THEME OF HOPE IN LUDMILA ULITSKAYA’S SHORT STORY ALICE BUYS DEATH

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the analysis of Lyudmila Ulitskaya’s short story Alice buys death in the context of the category of hope. The Russian writer’s new collection of short stories is strongly imbued with philosophical questions about existence and non-existence. The current theme of hope strongly resonates in one of the stories in this collection, as evidenced by the following article. In the story Alice buys death, Ulitskaya used conventions typical of her work. The story’s main charac- ters are“little people,”shown at the moment of crossing the border of life and death. Our analysis proved that the category of hope, which is often used in literature, was also reflected on many levels in the work of the Russian writer. The main driving force of the story is love in its many manifestations, and the coming death gives hope for a new, transpersonal, more philosophical sense.

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