Literary storylines by Mark Teplinsky as a genre variety of memoirs

Abstract

The article deals with the literary memoirs of Professor Mark Teplinsky (1924–2012), which are contained in his book «Fifteen literary studies with autobiographical comments, two appendices and an epilogue» (2002), which is based on the researcher’s selected publications from 1947–2001, supplemented with fragments of memoirs, selected letters, notes, and humorous mystifications and parodies of the author. The purpose of the article is to introduce readers to the memoir heritage of Professor Mark Teplinsky, embedded in the researcher’s literary reflections. Research methods: historical, comparative, descriptive.