Abstract

The article discusses the role of Z. Prilepin in the context of modern Russian literature. His views on the formation and development of the literary procоess in the twenty-first century. Also revealed the main features of the imaging system in the works of Z. Prilepin. The article is devoted to the problem of the evolution of the literary hero and the types of heroes in modern Russian literature of the XXI century. The admiration of the person of the person being described and the desire to redirect this feeling to the reader make the style of the work of Zakhar Prilepin realistic through the prism of modernity (neorealism).