Abstract
The article considers the postmodern character of M. Magauin’s story “Zhazdykuni shilde bolganda” (“The heat of July”). The aim of the study was to identify postmodernist features in the writer’s work. The article’s scientific relevance is found in its analysis of intertextual interpretations in postmodern stories, which shows the works' postmodern qualities. The results of the study can be used in the teaching of university students, in the research work of master’s and doctoral students, as well as in teaching such disciplines as “Theory of Literature”, “Introduction to Literary Studies” and “History of Literature”. The main research methods are comparative analysis, induction, deduction and analogy. The main results of the study include the analysis of all content units and distinctive features of postmodernism; consideration of areas of application and examples of the use of intertextual, reminiscence and allusion in postmodern literature. A special study of intertextual interpretations in postmodernist stories enhances the value of our study and contributes to a comprehensive exploration of new concepts of postmodernism in literary studies and literary theory. In addition to this piece, the short tale “Yekeu”(“Two”) is described as exhibiting postmodernist traits. It is revealed that postmodernism is one of the most widespread currents in Western literature. The main position of the directions of poststructuralism, postmodernism is not to recognize the author, but instead to base such terms as scriptor, narrator, intertextuality, beneficiary. The conclusion of the study is completed by summarising the story “Zhazdykuni shilde bolganda” as a postmodernist work.