IMAGE OF THE QUEEN IN NOVEL BY S. TOWNSEND “THE QUEEN AND ME”

The article touches upon the narrative ways of alternation of the sociocultural stereo- type that has long been rooted in the minds of communicants perceiving the Queen of the Unit- ed Kingdom purely as a stern, strong-willed politician depriving her of traits common to life. However, this stereotype is broken by the story that came under the pen of the English writer, Sue Townsend, who used intriguing methods to help the readers picture this situation vividly. The Queen and the Royal family have to survive in very intricate circumstances and every member of the family behaves differently in this challenging situation. The fictional discourse under analysis portrays the Queen in a most unexpected way worthy of investigation