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Maksimenko E. D. The non-fictional text Michael X and the Black Power Killings in Trinidad by V. S. Naipaul and the analysis of its influence on the creative work of the author. Izvestiya of Saratov University. Philology. Journalism, 2021, vol. 21, iss. 2, pp. 219-225. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18500/1817-7115-2021-21-2-219-225

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Literary criticism

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The non-fictional text Michael X and the Black Power Killings in Trinidad by V. S. Naipaul and the analysis of its influence on the creative work of the author

The article defines the importance of the non-fictional text of V. S. Naipaul Michael X and the Black Power Killings in Trinidad in the creative work of the writer. The article provides the features of a journalistic investigation, the history of its creation and the analysis of its place in the bibliography of V. S. Naipaul. The text is also considered as the key to the evolution of the hero and theme in the author’s creative heritage.

Authors:

Maksimenko

Ekaterina

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Russia, 119991, Moscow, Leninskie Gory, 1

maksimenkoekaterin@gmail.com

Key words:

V. S. Naipaul, investigation, Michael X, Black Power, Black House, mimic, Guerrillas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18500/1817-7115-2021-21-2-219-225

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