The English spy novels of the “cold war” period and the concept “we” vs “they” as their basis

¹ V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Institute of Foreign Languages, 4, Prospekt Vernadskogo 295007 Simferopol, Russia
² Ministery of Sciences and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Department of Financial Control, b. 3, Solyanka 4, 109240 Moscow Russia
³ Crimean University of Culture, Art and Tourism, Foreign Languages Department, 39, Kievskaya 295000 Simferopol, Russia

^* Corresponding author: mnorets@yandex.ru

Abstract

This investigation is dedicated to the analysis of the works of the British authors of the spy novels of the “Cold War” period, who have formed a spy novel as the separate genre. In the work the investigator takes the attempt to analyse the concept “we” vs “they” as the basic structure of the plot forming in the context of historical events taking into account the belonging of the author to the secret service. The attention of the author of the investigation is focused on the new forms of realization of the plot line and the modification of the protagonist and antagonist.