The article examines intertext in the works of V.M. Shukshin using the concept of H. Blum outlined in his book "Fear of Influence" (1973, translated into Russian in 1998). The purpose of the research is to estimate possibility and expediency of the application of the six stages of "revision", described by H. Bloom, to the description of intertextual connections in the works of V. M. Shukshin. The author identifies deviations, antithetical parallels, reductions, and the "counter-exaltation" by comparing Shukshin's story "The Christmas Tree" (1966) with Gogol's story "Christmas Eve" (1830); the story "Letter" (1971) with the story of the same title by Chekhov (1887); and the story "The Hunt to Live" (1969) with the story of J. London "Love to Live" (1905). The author shows how, thanks to its heuristic approach, H. Bloom's concept helps to evaluate the influence of intertext on the formation of the author's intention: the prism of distortion reveals new meanings, which do not lie on the surface. The article describes kenosis, which reveals Shukshin's rejection of fairy-tale imagery and Christianity; daimonization, which demonstrates the symbolic world of the stories; and ascesis, which manifests itself in the form of short story finales, encouraging the reader to reflect on the complexity of evaluating human actions. As a result, the paper demonstrates the scientific productivity of applying H. Blum's theory to the analysis of both foreign and Russian twentieth-century fiction prose, as well as for objectively and convincingly describing the formation of plotting through the analysis of intertexts.
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