Transformation of narrative elements in poems in prose by A. Bertrand and I. S. Tourgenev

The article is devoted to the problem of narrative elements transformation in poems in prose by A. Bertrand and I.S. Tourgenev. The specification of event in prosaic miniature is connected with the differentiation between narrative and descriptive elements; however, in practice this delimitation is complicated by their mixed functionality in poems in prose. The character of genre undertaken by A. Bertrand and I.S. Tourgenev is revealed on the basis of comparative analysis of paired texts (poems in prose and micro short stories/fragments incoming in different narrative structures). Concentration on the single event, the instance of irradiation defines the peculiarity of poetics: gravitation to the general, symbolization of details, predominance of circular composition model.