THE MOTIVE OF PILGRIMAGE IN HERMAN HESSE'S NOVEL "SIDDHARTHA"
The article considers the artistic realization of the eastern subject in H. Hesse's novel «Siddhartha» through the analysis of the pilgrimage motive. It's shown that the given motive is interpreted as Siddhartha's journey to the cradle of his soul, to his genuine inner self. The pilgrimage of the protagonist as a process of spiritual self-cultivation includes both the forced and the deliberate sense of Siddhartha's solitude. The aim of the protagonist's spiritual searching is to attain the state of enlightenment, to gain inner integrity by means of the harmonization of polarity of his personality and external being. The influence of the Hindu ideology and various Chinese philosophical currents upon H. Hesse's novel «Siddhartha» is revealed.