Intertextuality in the stories by Alexei Varlamov

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of intertextuality in the stories by Alexej Varlamov. The authors provide two meanings of intertextuality as an author’s strategy or style, shaping of a text meaning by another text and the intertextual view of literature critizism. V. Meskin, V. Ratnikova reveal references to the Pushkin’s fairytale “Skazka o care Saltane” and to the intellectual novel “Igra v biser” (“ Das Glasperlenspiel“) written by Hesse in the story “Zdravstvuj, knjaz'!” written by Varlamov.