Text as a Culturegenetic Phenomenon
Memoir literature as a complex linguo-cognitive phenomenon is one of the means of culture memory preservation. Literary autobiography as on of the types of memoir literature possesses strong culturegenetic potential and tells the reader about the authors professional experience, famous figures in the sphere of culture and politics, important events. Intertextuality, which is revealed in inter-genre and inter-discourse interaction as well as in wide use of precedent phenomena, is an inherent characteristic of this type of text.