National code of Russian literature in the second half of the 20th – early 21st centuries (features of embodiment)

The article is devoted to the problem of the Russian literature national code in the late 20th – early 21 st centuries, which in its artistic interpretation is inseparable from the concept of “cultural code”. The artistic embodiment of the national picture of the world is one of the most pressing problems in modern literary criticism. The article shows that the conceptuality of the “national code” concept and its semantic content make it possible to deepen the understanding of domestic literature at the present stage of its development in the context of its national and cultural traditions. Based on the works of V. Rasputin and Y. Buyda, this study reveals the main ideological and spiritual components of the concept of “national code”. One of them is the national idea as a basic idea in the Russian people’s consciousness (the story “The Last Term” by V. Rasputin). Another idea is the idea of Home, which is a reflection not only of the contrasting opposition between “our own” and “their” world, but also the beginning of a new world formation (Yu. Buida’s collection “Osorya Chronicles”). As a result, the article concludes that the features of the national cultural code embodiment in Russian literature, regardless of time and space, are a result of artistic comprehension of the traditional values of Russian national culture in its historical development.