The article is devoted to the analysis of the existence of artistic features of Gothic literature in Marina Yudenich's novel "Saint-Genevieve-de-Bois" (1999). The author of the article used a comparative typological method and a method of holistic analysis of a literary work. It is established that in the work of the Russian writer, the Gothic tradition is refracted, synthesized with a detective story based on the investigation of a mysterious crime. The novelist refers not only to the cliches of classical Gothic (motives of death, blood feud, sin; vivid images of the villain and victim; figures of ghosts and the living dead), but also to elements of literature neo-Gothic, where mystical events become part of the ordinary. In addition, Yudenich depicts a number of toposis that have the characteristics of a traditional Gothic castle (monastery, house, apartment, psychiatric hospital). Also in the novel, the topos of the cemetery, the name of which is included in the title, acquires a significant functional role. As a result of the research, it is proved that the novel contains the features of a traditional Gothic novel, but they are presented in a kind of author's reworking.
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