The specifics of the narrative in the L.N. Tolstoy’s later works (based on the story two different stories of a beehive with a bast cover)

The narrative organization of the parable story Two Different Stories of a Beehive with a Bast Cover , written by L.N. Tolstoy in 1900, contains a number of artistic discoveries. The study undertaken by the author of this article reveals that the writer applied to such techniques as the use of “unreliable” narration and “unreliable” focalization; changing in the parable construction with the imperative picture of the world being replaced by a precedent one; variability/multiplicity of viewpoints on the depicted events; different narrative strategies for each of the versions presented; attempts to destroy the monological narrative. Such techniques aim at shifting the emphasis towards perceiving consciousness in order to increase the co-creative participation of the recipient.