german literature

On the material of the novel "Rodinka" (1903) by the German writer Lou Andreas-Salome, the author's representation of the Russian gender identity is examined, the correlation in her of stereotypes of traditional Orthodox culture and a new vision of gender roles typical for the culture of the turn of the XIX-XX centuries that came to Russia from the West.

The article is devoted to the examination of documentary and pseudo-documentary elements of the image of Berlin in the novel by A. Döbli-on "Berlin, Alexanderplatz. The Tale of Franz Bieberkopf "(1929). The possibilities of "new constructivism" and the technique of installation for creating the image of a metropolis, the "Berlin discourse" of the novel and its functions are considered.

The article is dedicated to the biography and the reception history of the works of the famous in the 1920-1930 german biographer E. Ludwig by the public and the critics.