The polyphonic organization of the modern legend text as a result of transformation of the classical genre

The given article considers texts of modernlegend from the point of view of their polyphonic organisation. First, the basic theoretical positions are presented concerning the theoryof polyphony and the specificity of the considered genre, namely: 1) each speech fragment represents a synthesis of set pieces with theiroriginal content; 2) the folklore text is a special text type characterised by oral form of existing, variability, absence of the author's beginning,presence of the avant-text, etc.; 3) the classical legend genre is a short story about meeting with a mythological being, characterisedby the following features: linearity of the plot, two- or three-part composition, description in conversation, ambivalence of plot,etc.; 4) modern legend is a result of transformation of the traditional genre, different from the classical legend, first of all, by anotherfunctional orientation which is caused by the loss of the main pragmatic purpose - the statement of superstitious representations. Thebasic part of research represents consideration of the polyphonic structure modern legend. On the basis of the analysis the followingpositions are formulated: the basis of the modern legend text is polyphonic inclusions caused by its genre specificity (presence of mythicalcharacters, orientation to spontaneous informal conversation, etc.); the legend text has inclusions which by form are fragments oftext referring to the text environment of a different type and, thereby, bring special semantic components to the text of the given genre(inclusions of traditional folklore, of language models of the discourse the legend text was created in, the inclusions whose prototextenvironment is language of a certain collective or individually-personal specificity of speech of the story-teller). The following conclusionis resulted: modern legend, in many respects saving text models of the traditional genre, shows a considerable element of traditionthat corresponds to the specificity of modern folklore in whole.

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