DOUBLE CODE OF READING IN P. ACKROYD’S NOVEL «THE TRIAL OF ELIZABETH CREE»

General issues of postmodernism, including the issue of double code of reading in the literature of this direction, can be referred to the current scientific problems. The article deals with a number of features typical for the works of postmodernism and defines double code of reading. The analysis of P. Ackroyd’s novel «The Trial of Elizabeth Cree» is given, as a result intertextuality, fragmentation, author's mask, game, irony, including a double code of reading, which is given special attention, were revealed.