All life is cockerels. Dramatized prose and prosaized drama V. Erofeev. Bogdanova O.V.

In the scientific and monographic work of Dr. Philol. sciences, prof. O.V. Bogdanova examines the story of Venedikt Erofeev “Moscow-Petushki” (1970) and the drama “Valpurga Night, or the steps of the commander” (1984-1985). In the context of the avant-garde trends of Russian literature of the 1970-1990s, Erofeev’s texts of the poetic system of balancing “on the verge” of genre formations are revealed, the constant signs of the new, the aesthetics of the “new literature”, which developed at that time, qualify the dominant features of the poetics of the domestic postmodern, originated In the bowels of literature of the late twentieth century. Analysis of the story “Moscow - Cockerels”, incorporating the features of the dramatic discourse, and the drama of “Walpurga Night, or the steps of the commander”, built in the strategies of epic narration, gives rise to the idea of ​​the identity of the poetic world of Venedikt Ephev.

the publication is intended For philologists and for all those who are interested in the development of Russian literature of the milestone of the XX-XXI centuries.