SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CHRONOTOPE OF THE ROAD AND THE PATH

Abstract

The article deals with the issue of chronotope in modern literature. The concept of chronotope belongs to the category of the most general and necessary branch, characterizing any culture. The concept of chronotope has received wide distribution in psychology, philosophy, cultural studies, literary criticism and history. Scholars pay special attention to the chronotope of the “path” and “road” as a connecting link. The path can run horizontally and vertically, which determines the peculiarities of the heroes' path. The chronotope of the path plays a special role in mythological consciousness as well. A literary theory notion known as the chronotope of the path (or road chronotope) describes how time and space are organized in a story using the motif of the journey, movement, or path. Mikhail Bakhtin introduced the term "chronotope" to literature and defined it as the literary integration of temporal and spatial dimensions. One of the most crucial uses of this idea is the route chronotope, which influences narrative development, character growth, and thematic depth.