The relevance of this article is underlined by the need to interpret literary contexts in the work of postmodern poets. The article is the first to examine the features of L. Losev's poetic dialogue with Russian classical literature. The object of study is the work of L. Losev Ruzh’e ( The gun ), Peterburgskaya poemka ( The Petersburg’s poem ), first published in 2000 as a reinterpretation of the novel by N.V. Gogol Shinel ( The Overcoat ). The article reveals the forms of "someone else's text" in the work of a modern author, establishes contextual connections with the images and plots of the works of N.V. Gogol, M. Dostoevsky, K.I. Chukovsky, J. Brodsky, Y. Aleshkovsky, and other Russian writers of the XIX-XX century. The study provides a description and analysis of the language, style, rhythmic-intonation pattern, and composition of the poem. The author's literary game with the iconic figures of Russian classical literature, the stringing together of various literary contexts are deliberate and aimed at rethinking the creative heritage of Russian classical literature, as well as at affirming its, not always apparent, moral and aesthetic values. The paper proves that parody, self-irony, allusiveness, and citation are the distinctive features of L. Losev's poetics. The author does not just offer one of the possible variants of the literary text but demonstrates the nature of the perception of modern poetry of the literary heritage.
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