ADVENTURE MOTIVES IN JACK LONDON’S NOVEL «HEARTS OF THREE»

Abstract

The article deals with the concept of «motive» in the aspect of its theoretical content and concrete historical implementation at various stages of the literary process and in the artists’ heritage. The main object of the article is Jack London’s novel «Hearts of Three» as a vivid example of the ventureadventure motives in the 20th century literature. It is established that the motive as a formallycontent unit performs structural, dynamic, imgagogical, genotypic and stylistic functions. A characteristic feature of the artistic world of Jack London is an extensive, motivated organization. In the novel «Hearts of Three» writer found a complex system of motives that develop in the following, repeat, combine, decompose, overlay, transform. Motives cover all levels of Jack London’s work (plot, composition, genre, stylistic, etc.) and allow you to view its text in a versatile way. In the novel «Hearts of Three» distinguished such ventureadventure motives as trials, journeys of heroes, comparison of modern and ancient civilizations, love, treasure hunt. These motives are due not only to the creative evolution of the artist, but also to the interaction of various types of art in the early XX century – literature and cinema..