EVOLUTION OF THE IMAGES OF «REVOLUTIONARY» AND «TERRORIST» IN SPY PROSE: TOWARDS THE QUESTION OF A NEW GENRE HYBRIDIZATION
Journal: Scientific Notes of V I Vernadsky Crimean Federal University Philological sciences
Year: 2025

This article explores the transformation of key figures of political violence — the «revolutionary» and the «terrorist» – in popular literature. Contemporary popular fiction, particularly the spy novel, serves as a unique platform for examining complex social and political phenomena. In recent decades, there has been a noticeable surge of interest in themes of terrorism and revolution, necessitating a reevaluation of traditional spy genre narratives. The study traces the diachronic evolution of