GENRE SPECIFICITY OF CHEKHOV'S "THE STORY OF DISCOVERY" IN THE CONCEPT OF V. B. KATAEV
The article considers the genre peculiarity of Chekhov's story of the second half of the 1880s. It is different from the early humorous genres. Observations of literary critics are generalized on changes in the form of the story of A. P. Chekhov in the transitional period of creativity. There is analyzation of productive approach of V. B. Kataev, who proposed the definition of this type of small prose of Chekhov (1885-1887) - «The story of discovery». Based on the researcher's reflections, the genre features of this type of Chekhov's story are distinguished: a special type of hero; «everyday trifle», which gives impetus to the hero's consciousness; «discovery» as «the main event of the story»; opposition «it seemed - it turned out»; the same type of outcome, when the hero first thinks about his life.