The specifics of poetics novel L. E. Ulitskaya "Incident of Kukotsky"

The relevance of the study of the poetics of the novel is determined by the new literary tasks that today face literary criticism that interprets the artistic text of works that have received significant literary awards. In addition, Ulitskaya’s novel “Incident of Kukotsky” continues to be a difficult-to-read work requiring professional commentary.The purpose of the article is not only to provide an analytical overview of existing works, but also to develop a strategic position in the new reading of the classics of the twentieth century. At the same time, the theoretical basis of the analysis is the poetics of a literary text, the features of which are examined through the categories of idea, plot, figurative system, and problematics. To achieve the final conclusions, three tasks are solved: 1) to consider the historical context of the novel’s plan; 2) trace the life of the main character and characters against the background of Russia's fate in a crucial period, 3) evaluate the writer's artistic discoveries in connection with the traditions of the Russian classics and the process of forming the metatext of the new prose. In the creative history of the novel “Incident of Kukotsky”, Ulitskaya’s work on fiction text is clearly visible. Particular attention is drawn to the important stage of the author's rethinking of time and space in the poetics of the novel. It becomes clear intention in the logic of combining various historical periods, characters representing different ethnic and social groups whose life takes place in different geographic zones. The article significantly expands the comparative background, when Ulitskaya’s novel legitimately corresponds to the works of the 70s - V. D. Dudintsev “White clothes”, A. N. Rybakov “Children of the Arbat”. The genre tradition of the family novel is based on the biography of four generations of the Kukotsky family. The distinctive content of this article is an attempt to connect Ulitskaya's artistic search with the searches of young writers A. V. Ilichevsky and A. V. Gelasimov, representing the new prose of Russia. The findings of this study fit perfectly into the theoretical strategy of literary criticism of the turn of the century to consider the successive ties of Russian classical and modern literature, explore the problem of creative individuality and the transformation of the genre nature of the Russian novel. In practical terms, this material can be used in interactive courses on the history of Russian literature of the XX-XXI centuries.

modern Russian prose, genre, novel, poetics, Ulitskaya, tradition, metatext, creative individuality, style

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