ARTISTIC FEATURES OF GENRE AND STYLISTIC FORMS OF COMICAL DISCOURSE IN RUSSIAN PROSE OF THE SECOND PART OF THE XX CENTURY

The article considers the most characteristic features of the genre and stylistic forms of the comical discourse presented in the Russian prose for the last decades. The author gives the definition of the concepts of "comical discourse" and "genre and stylistic form". The scientific novelty of the research is presented in the fact that gives a classification of the genre and stylistic forms of the comical discourse with their typological similarities with the established genre and stylistic dominants in the comical literature: fabulous, carnivalistic, the anecdotal, parodic, theatrical.