THE CAUSES OF AUTHOR-NARRATOR’S SOLITUDE IN N. D. THOREAU’S “WALDEN”

Abstract

In the article the authors consider the problem of solitude in the H. D. Thoreau’s work “Walden, or Life in the Woods” in the context of transcendental philosophy. The main principles of this philosophical trend are described and analyzed. Philosophic and aesthetic views of the American philosopher are analyzed. In this
work, a brief review of the works of predecessors on transcendentalism and Thoreau’s literary heritage is made. With the help of these theoretical and practical findings, the reasons for the author-narrator’s solitude in H. D. Thoreau’s book “Walden, or Life in the Woods” and how they affect the meaning of the work are identified and analyzed. As a result of the study, it is determined that “Walden” has a novelistic composition,
the plot unity of individual stories is provided by a single protagonist and the unity of place and time of action. The author of the work appeals to readers with the apology of social equality, self-reliance, simple life, “return to Nature” and the need for spiritual self-improvement.