THE GENRE FEATURES OF AN ECOLOGICAL NOVEL

The article deals with issues of genre interaction which is typical for the literary process at the turn of XX–XXI centuries and is caused by changing historical reality, as well reflects the formation of a new type of artistic consciousness. It is established that as a result of the actualization of environmental issues the novel genre is also undergoing changes. An ecological novel is a work the ideas and content of which are formed by the author's perception of the existing and/or possible relations of man with the environment and the processes taking place in it, i. e. the writer’s aesthetic reflection on the problem of environmental preservation is presented. ethical attitudes of the author, his value and behavioral orientations in relation to nature are focused on. The important characteristic of an ecological novel is the combination of properties of several genre varieties to achieve the communicative goal.