Common motifs, Characters, Metaphors and Plots between Dovlatov’s and Petrov’s Novels

• Svetlana Aleksandrovna Zaytseva World Culture Subdepartment, Moscow State Linguistic University, Moscow, Russia

Abstract

The aim of the study is to investigate common motifs, characters, metaphors and plots between Dovlatov’s and Petrov’s novels via structural and comparative-historical methods. As a result, it is worth paying attention to the importance of the Russian intelligentsia metaphor. Refer to Dovlatov’s A Foreign Woman, where he, through the image of Maria Tatarovich, defines the significance of the Soviet intelligentsia: In the Soviet Union she was a multi-skilled intellectual. In conclusion, all of the novels have common motifs, metaphors, characters united with external similarity, actions, characteristics and plots