HUMANITARIAN RESEARCHES

Journal of fundamental and applied researches

GAYTO GAZDANOV'S EXPERIMENTATION IN THE STORIES OF THE 20-YEARS

2021. №3, pp. 137-141

Kuznetsova Elena V. - Astrakhan State University, lena_kouznetsova@mail.ru

The poetics of the debut stories of Gazdanov is very different from the poetics of the stories of subsequent periods of his work. These differences are especially evident in composition, plot, style and bear the imprint of innovation for literature of the first half of the XX century. An analysis of the debut stories of Gazdanov allowed us to note that they are already visible elements of the aesthetics of modernism (later, postmodernism): the rejection of the traditional composition, intrigue, plot; parody, game, self-irony, etc.

Key words: Gaito Gazdanov, montage, composition, cyclization, narrator

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