Abstract
The article compares two songs from the second half of the twentieth century describing similar events. They are “The song about an Old House in New Arbat Street” (music by Mikael Tariverdiev, words by Vladimir Vysotsky and sung by Vladimir Vysotsky) and “The Little House” (music by Igor Korneliuk, words by Regina Lisits, sung by Igor Korneliuk). The analysis covers such elements as the storyline, the system of points of view, and the motive structure; the similarities and differences are traced between the two songs. That follows with a conclusion on the specific generic nature of those elements, which are realized in the text as epic, but at the same time acquire a lyrical status. Particular attention is given to the way in which in both songs the lyrical theme supersedes the epic storyline. That is to say, the epic plot loses its dominance, becoming rather the pretext for the emergence of the lyrical theme. In both texts the epic generic element is reduced and the lyrical one accentuated.
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