Keyword: ««downtown abbey»»

The article deals with the way the literary device of allusion is used in the British TV-series «Downtown Abbey». Literary allusions in the TV saga are made to the works of classical English novelists (J. Austen, J. Galsworthy, D.H. Lawrence). Allusions are viewed within the context of linguacultural information they render and cultural associations they arouse. The role of allusions as a central manifestation of intertextuality is also in the focus of the given paper.