Artistic originality of the chronotope in the novel of V.P. Aksenov

The creative path of the writer Vasily Pavlovich Aksenov (1932-2009) is a direct reflection of the domestic socio-cultural situation in the second half of the 20th century. This article is devoted to the analysis of the genre of the novel «Moscow saga» and «Burn» by V. Aksenov. The relevance of the article is explained by the need to disclose the genre originality of the novel. The aims of the research consist in consid-ering of the meaning of genre-forming principles, such as chronotope, topos.