About Bibliocentrism of M. Yelizarov’s Novel “Librarian”

Abstract

Article continues a scale and inexhaustible theme “Image of the book and library
in fiction”. This time the attention of researchers was centred on M.Yelizarov’s postmodernist novel with the symbolic title “Librarian”. The meanings which were put by the writer in mystic and fantastic treatment of the book and library are reconstructed.

The attempt of explanation of “key values” of the work from the positions of modern socio-cultural situation and development of literary and creative process was made. The author of the article comes to a conclusion that the perception of a phenomenon of book and an essence of library profession reflects outlook of several generations and is not beyond tradition, however doubtless interest is caused exactly by conceptual and style interpretation of ideas and images undertaken by the writer.