“Organic” Sacrifice: Heart Transplantation Motif in Contemporary Prose Abroad

Dzhumailo O.A.

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“Organic” Sacrifice: Heart Transplantation Motif in Contemporary Prose Abroad

Dzhumailo O.A.

(Rostov-on-Don)

This article proposes to introduce heart transplantation motif in contemporary prose abroad through anthropological perspective.
Considering several examples of autobiographical writing and fiction, author demonstrates that traditional heart motif, which is closely connected with human ability to love and to sacrifice, is transformed into plots about transplantation and cloning.
The research touches important issues of ethics and human identity.

Keywords

sacrifice motif, heart transplantation, cloning, contemporary prose in English, Kazuo Ishiguro

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