The motive of solitude in the Hermann Hesse’s novel «Journey to the East»

The artistic realization of the Eastern theme in Hermann Hesse’s work «Journey to the East» («Die Morgenlandfahrt », 1931) is considered through the analysis of loneliness motive. It is shown that this motive is used by the author for the disclosure of the multifaceted soul of an individual's creative mindset. The sense of loneliness of the hero in the novel H. H. is caused by his inability to accept the world of the denial of moral values and art. H.H. aimes to find the destiny of the artist-creator, to gain inner integrity and harmony, a state of true happiness. The influence of the philosophical processes of China (Taoism, the concepts of yin and yang) on the novel H. Hesse «Journey to the East » is revealed