HENRY JAMES' "INTERNATIONAL THEMEeIN THE NOVEL "THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY": FROM AMERICAN INNOCENCE TO EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE
The paper deals with one of the most perfect and mature James' novels “The Portrait of a Lady”. James shows a universal “portrait” of a girl's transformation into a woman, the process of losing sweet illusions and understanding the true bitterness of life. The book reveals a very dramatic conflict of the time - meeting of pure American innocence feelings with European norms and rules of the society. Here, naturally, James introduces the theme of money and their effect. His protagonist, Isabel Archer, does not care about material values, the only thing she really keen on is her feelings. The inner, spiritual values, not the exterior and material ones were of vital importance for Isabel. Feelings rule in her behavior. It is a story of an American girl's spiritual “education” that tastes real life in Europe and loses hopes. The chosen text presents a great interest for forms of psychologism. “The Portrait of a Lady” has been a recognized masterpiece of a psychological novel for more than one hundred years. The text has a multilevel structure, thus can be observed and analyzed from different points of view.