Existential ideas and ways to embody them artistically in the novels of Irina Odoevtseva

The purpose of this study is to determine the specifics of the artistic method of Irina Vladimirovna Odoevtseva based on the material of her novels of a mature period of creativity, which made up the trilogy - "Angel of Death" "Isolde," "Mirror," as well as the post-war novel "Leave Hope Forever." The relevance of the topic is due to the fact that it was these novels that made up among colleagues - writers, critics and readers the idea of I. Odoevtseva as a great prose writer and were once very popular among the Russian emigration of Europe and America, and now they are undeservedly forgotten. The work substantiates the idea of the synthesis of the features of various trends and trends of the time, which were embodied in the works of the writer. The work of I. Odoevtseva is a fusion of the features of realism, symbolism and avant-garde, thanks to which such unusual and ambiguous images as the Angel of Life and Death, the Universal Man appear under the pen of the author. The author comes to the conclusion that the texts of I. Odoevtseva are not a space of pure literary game - they reflect the specific realities of the era and the author's original ideas about Time and History; the problem of the "Universal Man" and two world "evils" of the 20th century.