THE IDEOLOGEME OF THE NARRATIVES OF THE “THE CYCLE OF THE INVISIBLE” BY E.-E. SCHMITT ON THE EXAMPLE OF NARRATIVES “MONSIEUR IBRAHIM AND THE FLOWERS OF THE KORAN”, “OSCAR AND THE LADY IN PINK”, “NOAH’S CHILD”, “THE SUMO WRESTLER WHO COULD NOT GAIN WEIGHT”

Abstract

The narratives of the “Cycle of the invisible” by E.-E. Schmitt have a religious background and are considered as philosophical narratives. Each narrative is devoted to a particular religion or several religions that are opposed. The writer stands on the limit of ethical experimentation, which cannot but affect the sphere of ideology and personal psychology. The texts of E.-E. Schmitt are written in a fairly simple language and are available to the reader of any educational level. In all the narratives of the “The Cycle of the Invisible” main characters are children and adolescents who are experiencing difficulties, overcoming adult problems. But these texts are not for children. It would be correct to perceive the narratives of E.-E. Schmitt as a fairy tale for adults, but as “the philosophy to grow”. In his narratives E.-E. Schmitt describes the idea of a universal humanism, religious tolerance, all-forgiveness, unity of opposites. Each of the stories of “The Cycle of the Invisible” is dedicated to one of the religions. Reading the narratives without the knowledge of the basic principles of religions may not be objective. This study identifies a desire to motivate some of the properties of the poetics of short stories by E.-E. Schmitt and even the well-grounded analysis of the narratives by E.-E. Schmitt is a novelty in the area of the Ukrainian science. In the works of E.-E. Schmitt there is a drama of the human soul, which is presented in randomly layered, polyvalent universe. The ideas of repeatability, circularity and relativity plays an important stylistic role. Opposite and mutually exclusive concepts are united, one can find extraordinary logic of understanding, a combination of tragic and comic, high and low. The eternal question of the relationship between fathers and children is risen, where the upbringing of the child, through mutual communication is presented in a positive way. In the narratives by E.-E. Schmitt clearly the dichotomy of “mentor-student” is observed, where an adult, although mostly, but not always plays the role of the teacher. This article gives a general overview of the most used ideologemes of the narratives of the “The Cycle of the Invisible” by E.-E. Schmitt.