"Little man" vs "shitty man": the evolution of the traditional literary type in the story by Sasha Filipenko

The article examines the structure of the image of the main character from the story of the modern writer Sasha Filipenko «Shitty man». The author compares the hero of the story by Filipenko with the traditional «little man» type of Russian literature. The «plot space», formed by typological details and moves that are included in the context of the «little man», sounds in a new way in modern reality. The «little man» of the postmodern age destroys the traditional literary canon - he seeks a way out not in humility, but in escapism.