Peculiarities of interpretation of Don Juan's and Casanova's images in the literature at the turn of the XIX-ХХ centuries

Increasing interest to the myth at the turn of the XIX-ХХ centuries evokes unconventional and at times paradoxical metamorphoses of the "eternal" images. In the article the process of transition from the traditional opposition of the figures of Don Juan and Casanova, determined by their origin and history of literary existence, to their convergence, expressed in the alike interpretation of relations of destiny and chance, is considered; the transformation of the settled genre preferences is regarded.