Interrogative and imperative modality in a literary text (The case of satirical writings of the 19 <sup>th</sup>/early 20 <sup>th</sup> century)
The satirical works of N. V. Gogol, A. Averchenko, and I. Ilf and Ye. Petrov help consider the specific functional features of the microfield of interrogatively imperative modality in a literary text. The author establishes the structure-content correlation of the question and imperative within the given microfield and identifies the most regular means of expression of its specific meanings.