Readership Problem in A. P. Chekhov's Early Parodies (Arabian Frights or a Night of Horrors, Flying Islands)

Abstract

The article is dealing with the problem of the early Anton Chekhov’s parodies, their narrative structure and genre. Using literary devices from great works of Russian and Europian literature and popular Russian fiction of the end of 19th century, Chekhov transforms narrative structure of his texts, develops special kind of communication with the audience and draws readers’ attention not only to a plot, but to a process of reading itself.