ABSTRACT
TheworksdiscussedinPartIIrisefarabovethe"current"literaryprocess. Clearly,theyharkbackto"far-off'historicalandliterarycontexts.Asoften happens,contextsmuchcloserathandservedasspringboardsfortheemergenceoftheworksofAndreiBitov,VenediktErofeev,orSashaSokolov,in whichpostmodernismreacheditsmaturity.Inturn,theseworkswerea powerfulcatalystforpostmodernism'sdevelopmentasanartisticsystem.
