LABYRINTH AS INDEX OF NARRATIVE STRATEGY “EXPRESSION” IN FRENCH LITERARY TEXT COMPOSITION OF THE XXTH CENTURY (IN THE NOVEL BY A. ROBBE-GRILLET “DANS LE LABYRINTHE”)

Abstract

Introduction.The paper deals with the main peculiarities of the Nouveau Roman modernist
narrative reality construction in the 20th century French fictional text formation.
Purpose of the paper is to determine the function of narrative technique labyrinth in
realizing the narrative strategy of expression in A. Robbe-Grillet novel “Dans le Labyrinthe”.
Methods. In analysing the ways of French modernist text composition the investigation
is grounded on the methods of textual analysis, narrative analysis motif analysis.
Results. The paper suggests the ways of construing the modernist narrative reality.
Such reality is characterized by some installation and unnatural character of existing of the main
hero in narrative space of the text. The paper proves that it happens due to dominant perceptive
modus of vision and tendency to simulation of reality in French literary text composition of
the XX th century.
Conclusions. Grounded on the principles of text composition in A. RobbeGrillet novel “Dans le Labyrinthe” the paper illustrates the metamorphose of labyrinth as leitmotif
image into narrative technique influences the text composition. So, labyrinth is proved to be
the index in realisation the narrative strategy of expression as it predicts the narrative which is
characterised by breaking the temporal linearity, desorientation and mixing all the system of
textual senses.

Perspectives. The results of the present paper give reason for further investigation of
the ways of text composition in the texts of other jenres in pragmatic and cross-cultural aspects