The end of the 20th century in Azerbaijani prose can be associated with the further development of the creativity of the "sixties", who once successfully took advantage of the "Khrushchev thaw". However, already at the beginning of the XXI century, a galaxy of young writers appeared in Azerbaijani literature, who chose postmodernism as the basis of their work. A characteristic feature of the work of young Azerbaijani postmodernists (who followed the example of their "older" foreign predecessors) is games with a genre form. Considering the problem of genre construction in modern postmodern literature, I. S. Skoropanova notes: "Often postmodern authors give their works subheadings that are precisely genre designations. These are novel-commentary, novel-clip, novel-essay, novel-journey, synopsis of an unwritten novel, double novel, reconstruction of a novel, novel-play" [Skoropanova, 2002, p. 157]. G. M. Rebel rightly notes in his research work that "these definitions are intended to" stake out " the personal, a unique (aspiring) genre space" [Rebel, 2007, p. 8]. Most of these definitions do not carry any informative value in terms of genre affiliation, and in some cases even contradict the established system of genres. At the same time, we should not forget that the creative work of postmodern writers is dominated by the tendency to "overcome" genre canons. Ignoring traditional genre constructions fits into the framework of postmodern perception: "Postmodernism simultaneously uses and rejects, establishes and then destroys those concepts that it questions, whether in architecture, literature, cinema, philosophy, linguistics or historiography" [Hutcheon, 1992, p. 3]. The practical implementation of" ignoring "takes the form of genre confusion: postmodern authors tend to use the term "ignoring" as a whole. intra-and inter-natal mixing. We are faced with the interspersion of elements of other epic genres of prose in the postmodern novel, firstly, and, secondly, elements ... Читать далее