Jonathan Coe's novel "What a Carve Up!" (1994) is analyzed from the perspective of the family code. The aim of the study is to determine the characteristics of the family code, embodied in the novel, its significance to the novel as a whole. The method of motivic analysis, semiotic approach and analysis of images are used. The conclusion is that the family code in the novel operates on several artistic levels: motivic structure and system of images of the novel. Analysis of the sociocultural layer of the novel reveals the author's negative attitude to the family as a whole, that is embodied in the grotesque images of heroes and details related to family. Features of the family code can reveal the value of the carve-up theme in the novel. Through family relations author reveals the relationship of the British ruling elite and considers the results of the government's policy of Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
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