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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Литературоведение. Журналистика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-9220</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-9247</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">22334</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-9220-2019-24-3-390-403</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>LITERARY CRITICISM</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Литературоведение</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Theatricality in the postmodern novel “Quest” by B. Akunin</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Театрализация в постмодернистском романе «Квест» Б. Акунина</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Tang</surname><given-names>Shi</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Тан</surname><given-names>Ши</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ph.D. student of Philological Faculty of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант филологического факультета Российского университета дружбы народов</p></bio><email>hukuma@126.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2019-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2019</year></pub-date><volume>24</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 24, NO3 (2019)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 24, №3 (2019)</issue-title><fpage>390</fpage><lpage>403</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2019-12-04"><day>04</day><month>12</month><year>2019</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2019, Tang S.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2019, Тан Ш.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2019</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Tang S.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Тан Ш.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/22334">https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/22334</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article examines postmodern properties of the detective novel “Quest” by B. Akunin such as “epistemological and ontological doubt” in the view of world and the openness of the narrative. The aspects of theatricalization in the text of the novel are analyzed: the world order of masquerade, the theatricality of episodes, theatrical allusions, etc. The article demonstrates functioning of the game between author and reader in this novel, which serves a great example of Akunin’s literary game strategy. It also confirms that the theatricalization in this novel is in association with postmodern aesthetics and a important aspect in the poetics of “Quest”.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В статье рассматриваются такие постмодернистские свойства детективного романа «Квест» Б. Акунина, как «эпистемологическое и онтологическое сомнение» в картине мира и открытость нарратива. Анализируются аспекты театрализации в тексте романа: масочный миропорядок, театральная условность эпизодов, театральные аллюзии и т.п. Выясняется функционирование игры с читателем, являющееся ярким примером акунинской стратегии игры. Доказывается, что театрализация в данном произведении тесно связана с постмодернистской эстетикой и занимает важное место в поэтике «Квеста».</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>B. Akunin</kwd><kwd>postmodernism</kwd><kwd>detective fiction</kwd><kwd>theatricalization</kwd><kwd>game</kwd><kwd>game strategy</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Б. Акунин</kwd><kwd>постмодернизм</kwd><kwd>детектив</kwd><kwd>театрализация</kwd><kwd>игра</kwd><kwd>игровая стратегия</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Akunin B. Kvest: roman – komp'yuternaya igra. Kvest: kody k romanu [Quest: novel – computer game. Quest: codes for the novel]. Moscow: AST Publ., Astrel Publ., 2008. 640 p.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Акунин Б. 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