Where two aesthetic systems merge: the poetics of Russian literature at Veselovskie tchtenia in Ulyanovsk (1995-2013)

The national conference Veselovskie Tchtenia had been held by the Department of Literature of Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University in 1995-2013. The paper outlines the history of the conference, its key sessions and successive stages. The author identifies major dimensions of the work of the participants and its implications for literature and aesthetics studies.