ТАНАТОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ МОТИВЫ В ИСТОРИЧЕСКИХ РОМАНАХ В.Я. БРЮСОВА

The article is devoted to the analysis of thanatological motifs in V. Bryusov’s historical novels. The state of the problems of studying the thanatological motifs in literary theory is characterized. It is noted that the goal of the analysis of the thanatological motifs is to seek opportunities that will contribute to a better understanding of Bryusov’s ideological position and to a better comprehending the originality of his art style. It helps to define specific features of his poetics. The basic functions of the thanatological motifs in Bryusov’s prose (plotmaking, sensemaking, structuremaking) are defined. The typology of the thanatological motifs and the mythopoetic components of their semantics are characterized. The range of motifs which are included to the tanatological semantic field of Bryusov’s prose (the motifs of the game, femme fatale, occasion and destiny) is defined. The role of the thanatological motifs in the writer’s novels is very important due to the fact that the characters placed into the border situations. The relation between thanatological issues and interest of the writer to the occult practices of medieval alchemy and Gnosticism is revealed.