GENRE SPECIFICS OF THE STORY "BOIE" (ON THE PROBLEM OF ARCHITECTONICS OF "QUEEN FISH" BY V. ASTAFYEV)
The article reveals the connection of “Queen Fish” by V. Astafyev with the journalistic genres. In the chapter-story “Boie” the author distinguishes the structural elements of a travelling essay, hunter’s story, identifies journalistic cliché in the language of a work of literature. The author claims that “Boie” as well as the whole “Queen Fish” is a synthetic work in the aspect of architectonics and genre. The special attention is paid to various angles of reconstructing the image of Siberia.