VICTORIAN SOCIAL PROBLEM NOVEL TRADITION IN THE XXI CENTURY: <i>A WEEK IN DECEMBER </i>BY SEBASTIAN FAULKSAND <i>CAPITAL </i>BY JOHN LANCHESTER
The article is focused on the two contemporary novels "A Week In December" by Sebastian Faulks and "Capital" by John Lanchecter and their connections with British social problem novel of the XVIII -XIX centuries. The novels under study continue the classical tradition of social novel genre and enrich the classical formula of the genre. The article analyses the traditional genre elements and poetics of social problem novel in the national literature and attributes the novels under study as a new stage in the genre development.