THE CONCEPT OF THE FANTASTIC IN SOMERSET MAUGHAM'S WORKS IN THE CONTEXT OF ENGLISH NOVEL THEORIES OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Keywords:
fantastic literature, English novel theory, modernism, supernatural fiction, colonial literature, psychological realism, twentieth-century prose.Abstract
This article examines the manifestation of fantastic elements in the prose works of William Somerset Maugham within the broader theoretical framework of English novel development during the first half of the twentieth century. The research demonstrates that Maugham's approach to the fantastic represented a distinctive synthesis of colonial experience, psychological realism, and modernist experimentation that distinguished his work from both traditional Victorian supernatural fiction and avant-garde modernist approaches.
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