Genre Memory in Andre Gides <i>The Counterfeiters</i>
The article studies the genre tradition to which Andre Gides novel The Counterfeiters relates, i.e. the tradition of metanovel. The author identifies the main prototexts of The Counterfeiters (Laurence Sternes The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and Denis Diderots Jacques le fataliste) and draws a succession line by comparing the genre structures of the three novels in general, as well as individual motifs and characters. The author makes conclusions as to the characteristics features of different stages in the development of the metanovel genre, its typology, and the national peculiarities of this genre tradition in English and French literature.