Memorial works genre features

Research relevance: this article discusses memoirs features, one of the novel genres, which is a kind of epic in literature. Research purpose: to reveal originality and features of memoirs by comparing them with the forms of autobiographies, letters, literary portraits, memoirs and other similar documentary works of art. Research methods and materials: in this article, comparative-historical and descriptive research methods were used. Research results: according to scientists, memoirs are a branch of non-fiction, as well as a form of fiction. Conclusions: signs of memories are presented, the distinctive features of memoirs were listed, a detailed analysis was carried out, as a result of which an attempt is made to reveal the nature of memoirs as a genre, indicating their distinctive features.