Typology of the genre of military memoirs using the example of “Seven Pillars of Wisdom” by Lawrence of Arabia

The article establishes the features of such a genre modification as military memoirs. The author reveals the main features, required for creating books in this genre. He also demonstrates the secondary features, which representatives of the genre can also have in some cases. As an example the author uses the military account of the British military man and writer Thomas Edward Lawrence, aka Lawrence of Arabia, titled “Seven Pillars of Wisdom”. This book is a late representative of this genre, which appeared in Ancient Greece. So Lawrence’s book has all the main features of this genre modification with a long history of formation and development.