Genre varieties of literary portrait in B. Zaytsev's heritage
The article deals with the literature portrait genre and obituary notice as its variety in the works by B. Zaytsev. Composition of his portraits consists of impressionistic fragments which intermit with the author's reflections. The author's attitude towards a personage is the most active element of genre structure of literature portrait; it determines the selection of biography facts, composition of work and selection of means of characterization.