POETICS OF ASYA KRAVCHENKO'S STORIES (ON THE MATERIALS OF THE COLLECTION "STORIES OF THE WOLF")

Zhang Cuicui

The article is devoted to the poetics of Asya Kravchenko’s stories based on works from the collective collections of the “Volchka Stories” series. The peculiarity of stories for children and adolescents is considered, the artistic poetics in the writer’s work is analyzed from the point of view of the title, episode, theme, language and image of the hero. Particular attention is paid to creating an alternation between comic and dramatic episodes. It is concluded that Asya Kravchenko establishes a dialogue with the reader with the help of a hero-narrator, linear composition, and playful use of plots from Soviet reality.

Keywords:poetics, children's literature, Asya Kravchenko, story, episode