Realizm - Postmodernism in Russun literature yesterday and today

The article discusses the basic processes of the modern Russian literature. The author examines social and historical circumstances that determined the main characteristics and practices of Russian postmodernism. The author provides the reasons for realistic literature success in recent years. The author looks back to the Russian literature tradition, summarizes the discussions on its transformation in contemporary literature. The article is mainly focused on the books, which came out in the last three years.

Russian literature, realism modernism, socialist realism, postmodernism, poetics, aesthetics, «Big Book»