[The past]

main different points in life, but also thematically with the exploration of change, and how we relate to understand our elders. The theoretical research question was what kinds of verbal indicators characterize personal identity following the example of G. Roy's novel and the musical album based on it. This empirical study based on the methods of discursive and narrative analysis of the novel "La Route d'Altamont" and the musical album "Le vieillard et l'enfant". It established that verbal markers of personal identity are time (prospective identity) and space (territorial identity). It is proved that personal identity in the novel and music album is presented in the form of an autobiographical narrative, stages of the crisis of personal identity in people of different ages, heredity of generations, options for solving existential problems that are relevant in crisis situations. Acquisition of personal identity is impossible without the choice of individual freedom, without finding one's place in a changing and unpredictable world. The instability of the world encourages freedom of choice, taking responsibility for their actions. G. Roy demonstrates the reflexivity of the characters of the novel through the image of her as "the author of the narrative" and as "his witness". Hence, one of the means of overcoming the identity crisis is reflexivity.