THE MYSTERIOUS GENRE PATTERN IN ADAM FOULDS NOVEL “THE TRUTH ABOUT THESE STRANGE TIMES”

Abstract

of characters with a post-positivist type of worldview; he perceives reality as fully as possible and analyzes it in order to achieve life success. The memory specifics make it possible to remember a large details number and facts. The genre pattern theory is an important scholar’s literary achievement criticism, which offers a new look at the periodization principles at cultural-historical periods, in particular in terms of the transition from postmodernism to post-postmodernism. Mystery, like carnival, realizes itself in the discourse of the contemporary British novel through a modification genre that provides the connection with the mysterious core pattern (the rebirth motive, moral growth; meanings search that brings the character closer to the “spiritual” sphere, moral transformation from “sinful” to “redeemed” and “purified”). The author has analyzed the views of various scholars on the patterns theory in cultural studies and psychology, as well as has outlined the methodological perspective of the theory for literary criticism. For the first time, “The Truth about These Strange Times” is analyzed in the post-postmodern paradigm worldviews (medicalization of the narrative, revealing a special type of memory and consciousness of the characters, their rationalization of reality and its perception in the post-positivist aspect) and aesthetic guidelines.