ЛОРЕНС СТЕРН И ПОСТМОДЕРНИЗМ: ПРОБЛЕМА АВТОРА
LAURENCE STERNE AND POSTMODERNISM: PROBLEM OF AUTHORSHIP

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the continuity of classical and postmodern literature. The research is based on the works of Sam Savage “Firmin. Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife” (2006), Alex Garland “The Coma” (2004), and Laurence Sterne “Sentimental Journey through France and Italy” (1768). L. Sterne still kindles the reader’s interest in spite of the fact that he was born more than 300 years ago. At the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century, great attention was paid to different aspects of his works. It is proved by the fact that “The Shandean”, an annual journal, was founded in 1989. This journal was devoted to the epoch, life, and novels of L. Sterne. L. Sterne established himself a postmodern writer in the 18th century, i.e., much earlier than the terms were formulated, and that is how we can explain these non-visual relations between him and modern literature. The problem of authorship and its solution in various artistic paradigms is the main aspect of this research. Special attention is paid to intertextuality that helps us to specify the main problem and to elicit types of relations between the works of the writer in the 18th century and those of the postmodern writers.

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