PARODY IMAGES OF POLES IN THE RUSSIAN HISTORICAL NOVEL (THE LATE 1820S - EARLY 1840S)
The article deals with the structure and functions of the parody images of Poles in the Russian historical novel in the late 1820s - early 1840s. The analysis dwells on the historical novels such as N. Gogol's «Taras Bulba», M. Zagoskin's «Yury Miloslavsky, or Russians in 1612» and O. Shishkina's «Prince Skopin-Shuysky, or Russia in the early 17th century». The typical features of the type «Polish pan» and their transformations in the structure of the parody characters are revealed. We reached the conclusion that the main functions of parody characters coincides with those of style and genre parodies.