Open AccessThe Mysterious Talent
Author(s) -
Ильяс Маратович Ильдарханов
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
socialʹnye âvleniâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2305-7327
DOI - 10.47929/2305-7327_2020.02_62-69
Subject(s) - postmodernism , construct (python library) , confusion , representation (politics) , set (abstract data type) , context (archaeology) , sociology , aesthetics , history , literature , epistemology , art , psychology , philosophy , computer science , psychoanalysis , politics , law , political science , archaeology , programming language
The article studies giftedness and talent representation in contemporary British literature by means of analysing three novels: “When We Were Orphans” by Kazuo Ishiguro, “The Thirteenth Tale” by Diane Setterfield and “Milton in America” by Peter Ackroyd. The topic of giftedness appears in these works as part of the genre and form game, which is an important immanent property of postmodern literature. The plots and themes are reconsidered and played with like a set of toy building blocks used to construct a new building that makes sense only in the context of the already existing constructions. The paper shows that the concept of giftedness appears in contemporary British novels mainly as part of a game of parody, which reflects the idea of the world as imagery and confusion.