The genre dialogue as the eidos of narrative text (at the example of pastoral canon)

The article deals with the dialogue of canonical and non-canonical genre models as the eidos (invariant) of narrative text at the example of the pastoral canon, modifying the artistic environment of the story “Herdsman and herdswoman” by V.P. Astafyev. The phenomenon “memory of genre” is presented as the key component of historical poetics that gives the opportunity to observe the vectors of genre dialogue. The archetypical features are proper only for the genres, having achieved the maximum level in their artistic development.