RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and JournalismRUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism2312-92202312-9247Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)1878610.22363/2312-9220-2018-23-2-208-214Research ArticleTHE ROLE OF THE MOTIF OF MONEY IN THE F.M. DOSTOEVSKY’S NOVEL “TEENAGER”ShlapakovaEkaterina Vladimirovna<p>PhD student, Department of Russian and Modern Literature, PFUR University</p>kati_sha@mail.ruPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia1512201823220821427062018Copyright © 2018, Shlapakova E.V.2018<p>Consideration of the motif of money in the novel Teenager allows to trace its influence on the structure of the personality of the main characters, their psychology and the formation of a life strategy. Inside the novel, he interacts with other motifs: motif of joking, a lost generation, the ideal of a beautiful person and his spiritual imperfection. In the structure of the novel, it also influences the arrangement of images and polarization of the image system, the accentuation of the ideological and artistic dominant and the specific use of important artistic details, such as, for example, sacral numbers.</p>motifmoneyfunctionstructurepolarizationsystemartistic detailsacral numberspsychologismмотивденьгифункцияструктураполяризациясистемахудожественная детальсакральные числапсихологизм[Gasparov B.M. Literaturnye lejtmotivy [Literary leitmotifs]. M., 1994. 304 р.][Dostoevskij F.M. Poln. sobr. soch.: V 30 t. [Full collected works]. L., 1972—1990.][Kirillin V.M. Simvolika chisel v literature Drevnej Rusi (XI—XVI veka) [Symbolism of numbers in the literature of Ancient Russia (XI—XVI century)]. SPb.: Aletejja, 2000. 320 р.][Lihachev D.S. Vnutrennij mir hudozhestvennogo proizvedenija. Voprosy literatury [The inner world of the work]. M., 1968. № 8. P. 74—87.][Rabinovich V.L. Alhimija kak fenomen srednevekovoj kul’tury [Alchemy as a phenomenon of medieval culture]. M., 1979. 392 р.][Romanova G.I. Motiv deneg v russkoj literature XIX veka. Russkaja klassicheskaja literatura [The motif of money in russian literature of the XIX century]. M.: Nauka, 2006. 216 р.][Sadov A.I. Znamenatel’nye chisla [Significant numbers]. SPb., 1909. 69 р.][Syrica G.S. Pojetika portreta v romanah F.M. Dostoevskogo: monografija [The poetics of the portrait in the novels of F.M. Dostoevsky]. M.: Gnozis, 2007. 407 р][Shepping D.O. Simvolika chisel. Otdel’nyj ottisk iz «Filologicheskih Zapisok» [Symbolism of numbers]. Voronezh: Tipografija V.I. Isaeva, 1893. 10 р.]