The problem of genre in “The tale about glorious prince Vladimir and Dobrynya Nikitich” V. A. Levshin

 The article analyzes the genre structure of the novel V. A. Levshin of the glorious Prince Vladimir and Russian epic hero Dobrynya Nikitich. The writer created a work of complex literary composition in which are blended the different traditions of folklore and literary genres: epics, fables, magical tales of chivalry and heroic story. The author finds a high degree of understanding and interpretation of the epic tradition. It saves in a literary narrative poetics of the folk genre, formalnosti speech topic. In his story are the heroes, the events follow the logic of the epic story, the epic becomes the dominant genre of the novel. Like the epic hero Dobrynya Levshina performs his heroic feats: freeing from the spell of the enchanted Kingdom, unites Nations, fights with giants and Polkan wins Tugarin Slavic. V. A. Levshin showed himself an experienced collector and publisher who cared about the epic text. The main form of presentation of folk epics is getting citations, which are issued quotes. Quoting and following the epic poetics, Levshin developed in a literary work the creative potential of the folk genre. This had its consequences: the heroic story of the “Russian fairy tales” Levshina become one of the most significant attempts to make the epic literary genre, a notable episode in the history of this failed genre in Russian literature.