Traditions of French Philosophical Prose in the Modern Philosophical-Allegorical Novel

Abstract

Objective: to identify the traditions of French philosophical prose of the Enlightenment in the artistic system of the modern philosophical and allegorical novel (using the example of works of French, English and Belarusian prose). Materials: work of A. Adamovich, T. Bondar, U. Karatkevіch, V. Kaz'ko, J.- M. G. Le Clézio, A. Mіnkіn, Montesquieu, U. Nyaklyaey, Vercors. Methods: dialectic, genetic, hermeneutic, structural-semiotic, intertextual, systemic. Results of the study can be used in the further study of the philosophical and allegorical novel from the standpoint of modern aesthetics, cultural studies, literary criticism, comparative studies, which, in turn, will deepen understanding of the modern literary process. Conclusion. For understanding the specifics of the formation of modern Belarusian philosophical prose, the experience of the French novel of the 18th century is especially important and indicative. In the Belarusian philosophical and allegorical novel, the following specific features, conditioned by the tradition of French prose of the Enlightenment, should be noted: an uncommon plot, a parabolic composition, a universal type of character, a system of characters as a series of doubles, an abstracted chronotope, a monologue type of discourse. These features define the artistic whole of the modern philosophical and allegorical novel.