GENRE TEXTURE OF V. V. ORLOV''S NOVEL "THE VIOLIST DANILOV"
The article examines genre's features of the novel "The Violist Danilov” by V. V. Orlov, which allow identifying it as the satirical urban fantasy. The author singles in the poetics of the novel folklore and mythological elements, elements of the courtly novel, reveals the nature of the game, both on the level of language, and on the plot level.