Motif of kindness in the story «Art of living» by L. Ulitskaya
Marina Turina
Abstract. The article analyses motif of kindness in the story «Art of living» by L. Ulitskaya, defines its role in the image system, points out bearers of motives, moral, esthetic characteristics of the writer’s stories and reviews the origin of the question.
Keywords:
motif, precedent phenomena, contemporary russian prose, artistry, motive structure, metaphoric representation, cyclicity