THE FUNCTIONALITY OF SYMBOLIC ZOO-IMAGES IN THE PROSE OF LYUDMILA ULITSKAYA AND ZAKHAR PRILEPIN
In the article the functionality of bestiary symbols and zoo-images of the characters in Zakhar Prilepin’s novel “Abode” and in Lyudmila Ulitskaya’s novel “Green Tent” (“Imago”) is identified. The authors prove that in addition to the traditional artistic techniques of the use of zoo-symbols the mentioned writers apply the neo-zoo-images drawing the degradation of nature and the animal world under the influence of human’s spiritual impoverishment, his “brutality”, and the loss of faith, love and sympathy for his fellows and his “dumb animals”.