Chervyakova Dina Yurievna – senior lecturer at the Department of Romance and Germanic Philology of Far Eastern Federal University; ORCID: 0009-0008-3103-6600
This article examines the representation and artistic functions of celestial imagery of day and night in John Fowles’s fiction. It focuses on the key motif of light intrinsic to these images and its intrinsically linked motif of darkness. The study reveals that the images of the sun, moon, and stars, beyond their evident chronotopic function and traditional psychological role within landscape imagery, serve as symbols of rational and irrational cognition. This symbolism reflects Fowles’s literary project: to explore the creative process and the interplay of modes for perceiving and comprehending reality through artistic means.
John Fowles; celestial bodies imagery; light and darkness motifs; creativity; symbolism