If the reminiscence "re-interprets" in itsthe original retelling of the above events, narrating, then the allusion is a kind of author's reference, a hint, suggesting that there is no sense to fully state the meaning. It is enough only to tell readers, and they will imagine what they are talking about.
It is noteworthy that early writers of Christianity,for example Clement of Alexandria, revealed to readers the foundations of a new faith through already allusions that have become traditional for Roman society: hints at the works of famous authors of antiquity. Thus, in his work "Exhortations," Clement widely used phrases, words typical of Plato's works: "the driver of mankind", a bunch of "one yoke" of donkeys - old and young, "the lord of the team ruled."
The novel of Henry Sienkiewicz "Kamo Ridge" was included ina lot of biblical allusions. The very use of the names of Jesus, the apostles Peter, Paul in the description of the artistic plot of the work presupposes the acquaintance of the reader with the original source - the New Testament.
This artistic figure is often generatedhistorical event. For example, Charlotte Bronte puts in the mouth of Jane Eyre a reference to the crossing of the Rubicon River - the natural boundary dividing Gaul and Italy (the crossing of which by Julius Caesar was tantamount to the outbreak of civil war). The writer by this path (artistic figure) emphasizes the irrevocability of the decision.
Literary allusions are culturally conditioned,nationally affiliated. It is known that after the publication of the novel by Daphne Dumorier "Rebecca" in the English press, the opening phrase of this work about a dream in which the heroine of the novel returned to the Menderley estate became unusually popular, just as an introductory precedent for the adventure.
Current writers, too, do not "graze the rear". Allusion is modern. It should be recognized that in fiction, since the second half of the last century, this artistic figure is extremely popular among writers, its placers are organically intertwined in the course of the plot. A subtle ironic allusion to a book about Sherlock Holmes is the novel by the contemporary classic Professor Umberto Eco "The Name of the Rose." The investigation of mysterious murders was entrusted to the Franciscan monk Wilhelm Baskerville (obvious irony). His assistant is called Adson (evidently consonant with Konandolevsky Watson). But the historical literary parallel seems to him a little. He depicts in the image of a blind librarian Jorge Burgos, convicted murderer of the popular Argentine author of stories and novels of Jorge Borges. Widespread use of allusions are also modern Russian writers: Boris Akunin, Victor Pelevin.
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