PROSE OF D.M. BALASHOV AND I.M. EFIMOV IN THE FORMATION OF THE NOVGOROD TEXT OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE

Abstract

There is stable correlation between an artistic word and the place of its writing or the territory that the text glorifies. Ancient people called this correlation “Genius loci” (genius of place). This phenomenon is universal, most clearly manifested in developed civilizations. At the beginning of the 21st century, along with London, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Berlin, Madrid “texts” of World literature, we can speak about Moscow, St. Petersburg, manor, Novgorod, Solovetsky and many other “texts” of Russian literature. Historical novels have made a significant contribution to the creation of the Novgorod “text”. For example, prose of D. Balashov and I. Efimov largely designed the “space” of the Novgorod text in Russian literature of the last third of the 20 - early 21 centuries.