Author: Bakaeva, Muhabbat; Azamova, Durdona

Annotation: “Lucky Jim” is a post-war novel which portrays the absurdity of human action in the English society in the 1950s.Kingsley Amis creates a bitter image of society using a great variety of literary devices.He describes both personal and social flows using parody, allusion,metaphor,irony and farce.The novel depicts absurd the old-eslablished values of the English nation, which is suffering from severe class clashes.Dixon, the protagonist, is a vulnerable angry man, which is characteristic of the post-war condition in England. His life is full of uncertainty, dissatisfaction, anxiety, absurdity, discord and estrangement. He is enraged for financial, emotional and social reasons. His sense of insecurity comes from his temporary low position at the university. He works there for two years; however his future is bleak, as he may be fired as well. For this reason, he tries to treat Welch nicely hoping that he might be useful in this matter, though he does not like him and the hypocratic institution he represents.

Keywords: parody,comedy,allusion,humour,farce,vanity,academic life.

Pages in journal: 572 - 578