POSTCOLONIAL PERSPECTIVE IN A. MAMEDOV’S NOVEL "FRAU SCAR"
The article considers the features of genre functions of the post-colonial novel in Russian literature based on A. Mamedov’s novel "Frau Scar" (2002). Post-colonial problems are revealed in the work at all levels: its plot, characters, images, chronotopes, etc. The basis for the formation of a postcolonial perspective is the concept of "hybrid identity" and "hybrid space", which are of particular importance in multiculturalism. Artistic representations of these concepts form the basis for the author's conceptualization of post-colonial discourse. As a result of the study, we can conclude that A. Mamedov actualizes post-colonial problems by constructing the type of a character traditional for a transcultural novel, the character which develops a hybrid identity throughout the course of artistic time represented in this work. It is the process of constructing a hybrid identity that determines the specificity of the plot organization in the novel. The hybrid identity of the main character is first built by correlation, then by transposition of view points in the dichotomy ‘friend - foe’. It is unique that Mamedov creates the image of a hybrid space, which is formed in the ‘Moscow’ world. The chronotope Moscow, unlike the chronotope Baku, is perspective not retrospective. With some unifying features, such as internal mobility, cultural and ethnic multilevelness which actualize the sphere of national narratives, Moscow heterogeneity has a potential character and becomes the basis for the possibility of creating a hybrid identity. Heterogeneity of Baku is retrospective and today, it is supported only at the political level, which engages ethnic differentiation. Another way to solve the polarization of "Moscow - Baku" is the use of the motif ‘the Lost / Doomed House’.