TYPOLOGY OF FEMALE IMAGES IN THE WORKS OF W. THACKERAY
In the article on the basis of typological research method consistent patterns emerge in the artistic system of the English writer of the nineteenth century by W. Thackeray. The authors propose a classification (typology) of women´s images in the novels of W. Thackeray, which is built on the basis of social and ethical priorities of the Victorian era. The article shows that Thackeray is based on English novel developed in the XVIII-XIX centuries the tradition of opposition to the meek virtuous and insidious passionate heroine. Thackeray gives sustained certain types of external and moral characteristics. The article emphasizes that the writer not only uses the stereotype, but argues with him. Positive heroines are not without drawbacks and negative have attractive features. Presents a typology of women´s images in the novels of Thackeray allows to clarify the concept of nature in the aesthetics of the writer.