“BULGAKOV’S MYTH” IN MODERN RUSSIAN LITERATURE (STRUGATSKY’S NOVEL “BURDENED WITH EVIL”)
The paper shows that the tradition of M. Bulgakov’s novel “The Master and Margarita” can be manifested in modern authors in various ways: through quoting lines from the novel that have become winged in their own text; through mentioning the names of Bulgakov’s characters; through references in the work to the central scenes of the Bulgakov novel that are significant for any reader; through the influence on descendants of the writer’s worldview position, expressed in the novel; through the use of certain artistic techniques by the modern author after Bulgakov (for example, a similar space-time structure). The analysis carried out in the article allows us to “check” these features in relation to the Strugatsky novel “Burdened with evil” and identify signs of the reflection of the features of the so-called “Bulgakov myth” in it.