Parody and Style / Parody and style. About Dan Brown’s novel “Da Vinci Code” and two parodies on him. Lipgart A.A.

Nowadays, “Da Vinci Code” Dan Brown is very popular, and the commercial success of the novel is not only the result of a professionally organized advertising campaign. In the novel there are certain substantial and stylistic characteristics, or perceived by the reader with approval, or causing him to rejection. Some of these characteristics are quite obvious, while others do not pay attention to themselves at the first reading. According to the author, for a more adequate assessment of this novel Dan Brown, both his advantages and disadvantages, is not highlighted to compare it with the texts of some parodies. The author of the present work sets this particular task.

The book is intended for both specialists in the field of style and for beginner philologists, as well as for all those who are interested in the question of methods of studying artistic texts.