Who Are They, The Heroines of Modern Prose: “Baba bogatyrka”, “Baba with a Pillow” or BusinessLady?

Purpose. The article aims to outline the process of modern prose's search for heroine time, show how ideas about woman, her role and purpose have changed in Russian literature second half 20th –21st century. Results. presents an analysis genecratic myth – exceptional power authority that women possess allow them become center social moral life society; it traces change type warrior-woman protector: from texts traditionalists works “inverted generation” authors “new realism”. Special attention is paid typology feminine iconic novel V. Makanin “Underground or Hero Our Time” (1998), which sums up a peculiar result literary bygone author, basing upon poetics Gogol Dostoevsky, offers his feminine, extreme positions are symbolized by images “Baba with cushion” detached, ironic reading classical “girl embroidering”, “hearth-keeper”, “Aphrodite square”, marked trickster features. Conclusion. We can distinguish image patriarchal functions wife mother defined. This far being homogeneous, here we old woman inherent features sacrifice, active mercy, humility. pillow”, brought out Makanin’s famous “Underground…”. intellectual, businesswoman who ignores laws being, striving most comfortable, easy life, scenario death do not fit. Square”, female-trickster whose underground existence self-sufficient self-valuable. description night butterflies given contrast angelic figures. In angels, supraworldliness, testimony forefront. emphasis on nature central characters text dictated peculiarities frontier time chaotic, dangerous, unpredictable, hero proves be viable.