Vestnik of Samara University. History, pedagogics, philologyVestnik of Samara University. History, pedagogics, philology2542-04452712-8946Samara National Research University338610.18287/2542-0445-2013-19-5-100-105UnknownEXPOSITION IN THE NOVELS OF B.L. PASTERNAK «DOCTOR ZHIVAGO» AND F.M. DOSTOEVSKIY «THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV»BondarchukE. M.morenov.sv@ssau.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097the Dept. of Social Systems and Right, Samara State Aerospace University, Samara, 443086, Russian Federation.010520131951001051402201714022017Copyright © 2013, Bondarchuk E.M.2013<p>The article reveals the artistic dialogue of B.L. Pasternak and F.M. Dostoevsky in the context of the big time. The author focuses main attention on the characteristics of exposition of the novels Doctor Zhivago and The Brothers Karamazov: on the system of motives, on the plot lines of heroes. Identified points of intersection should be considered as a reflection of commonality in the types of artistic thinking of writers.</p>expositionscene dominantopen-loop compositional structureepic densitycommunity of motives (losssufferingorphanhoodrestlessnessincompletenessloneliness)экспозициясюжетная доминантаразомкнутая композиционная структураэпическая плотностьобщность мотивов (утратыстраданиясиротстванеприкаянностинеполнотыодиночества)