EASTERN MYTHOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SUBSTRATES IN THE MODERN AMERICAN NOVEL
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At the end of the 20th century and the first quarter of the 21st century, interest in Eastern mythology and philosophy in American literature is directly related to the strengthening of globalization, postcolonial discourse, and multicultural ideology. In the modern American novel, the East is no longer presented as an exotic or “other” culture, but as an alternative system of thought to the ontological and moral crises created by Western rationalism. In this context, Eastern mythological and philosophical models play an active role in the semantic and structural layers of the literary text. The article examines the forms of artistic realization of Eastern mythology and philosophical sublayers in the modern American novel based on the works of authors such as Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Khaled Hosseini. The methods of mythopoetic analysis, postcolonial approach, and intercultural hermeneutics were used in the research. As a result of the research, it is determined that Eastern philosophy plays an important role in the formation of the cyclical model of time, the artistic interpretation of the problem of identity, and the ethical-humanistic discourse in the American novel. The article shows that Eastern mythology and philosophical underpinnings are not decorative elements in the modern American novel, but rather a structuring principle that gives philosophical depth to postmodern aesthetics.
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Eastern mythology, Eastern philosophy, modern American novel, postmodernism, orientalism, diasporic literature, identity problem, mythopoetics, intercultural dialogue
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