THE PROBLEM OF SUICIDE IN THE STORY "A MATTER OF CHANCE" BY V. NABOKOV
The study of the poetics of Nabokov’s short stories provides deep understanding of his art thanatology. In particular, "A Matter of Chance" gives a valuable information for analyzing the phenomenon of suicide in his discourse. The opposition of vitality and mortality, the destruction of addiction and the tragedy of metaphysical death are considered in the article. Much attention is given to ontological poetics, color symbolism (the interplay of grey, black and white colors) and mythopoetics.