Transformation of Meanings: Fiction and Non-Fiction in the Novel "The Outpost" by S. Dovlatov

The article presents a comparative analysis of two works by the Russian writer S. Dovlatov: the essay "Literature Goes On" (1982) and the novel "The Outpost" (1988). A conclusion is made about autobiographical nature of the novel due to the author’s intertext verbalized by means of citations and utterances first used in the essay.