Considering the issue of the means of the implementation of retelling in the text (based on the novel “The monastery” by Zakhar Prilepin)

The article deals with the means of the expression of retelling based on the novel “The Monastery” by Zakhar Prilepin. The category of retelling means the information source and the definite marker of the other speech. The retelling in the text is implemented with the help of the different linguistic units where there are emphasized the introductory constructions and xenomarkers - «де», «мол», «якобы».