THE CONSTRUCTION OF TERRITORIAL IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY FICTION

Abstract

The article focuses on the study of the spatial and temporal format of literary works. Special attention is paid to the actualization of toponyms that reflect national and cultural specificity, territory identity and form the logical and semantic content of texts. When analyzing contemporary fiction, it is advisable to single out and interpret not only specific geographical objects and spatial images that convey the author’s identity but also concentrate on cultural and historical associations communicated by them, and also take into account the socio- and ethno-cultural nature of the spatial models presented in the text. An important role in the organization of the artistic space of any work belongs totoponyms, which turn into special transmitters of territorial information. Moreover, they not only determine national
and cultural specificity of the text, but also correlate with its plot and basic ideas.

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