The role of daily occurrence in creation of a literary plot (on the contents of the novel "Jane Eyre" by Ch. Brontë)
In introduction the object of research - daily occurrence in the literary text - is defined. Scientific novelty of research consists of aspiration of giving definition to the concept “daily occurrence” and attempt to reveal its role at creation of a plot of a literary work. The structure of a plot is considered. Plot unit is an episode which consists of five “narrative offers” or motives (Ts. Todorov). It is obviously necessary to define a ratio of the concept “daily occurrence” with motives of an episode that is an objective of this research. Ch. Brontë’s novel “Jane Eyre” served as the material of research. In the main part daily occurrence is investigated in Ch. Brontë’s novel “Jane Eyre”. It is revealed that Ch. Brontë’s novel “Jane Eyre” represents a chain of the daily occurrences of a main character which are consistently replacing each other. Change of the daily occurrences coincides with change of episodes, promoting the development of plot action. Relation of the concept “daily occurrence” with the concept “chronotope” is defined - daily occurrence is formed in a certain place and space. In the conclusion a definition is given to the concept “daily occurrence” - it is the literary represented steady vital world caused by a certain set of communication practices and a system of characters’ values corresponding to the first and fifth motives of a plot episode. It is revealed that daily occurrence is estimated from various points of view: an author, a character or a group of characters, and also a reader. Functions of daily occurrence in a literary work are defined by the system of the character’s values, concluding a problem of a valuable choice, forming valuable binary oppositions. Materials of research can be used when teaching disciplines “The theory of literature” and “Foreign literature”.