Mythopoetic code of the theme of childhood in modern prose (based on the stories “Agatha comes back home” by L. Goralik and “Visuals” by L. Petrushevskaya)

The article deals with the specific character of the mythopoetic images and motives associated with the theme of childhood in modern postmodern prose. There is revealed the problem of the relation of rational and irrational in the mythopoetics of childhood based on the stories by L. Goralik and L. Petrushevskaya.