GENRE SPECIFICITY OF ANTI-UTOPIA ON THE EXAMPLE OF V. VOYNOVICH’S NOVEL “MOSCOW 2042”

Purpose. The article reveals the features of the genre of utopia and anti-utopia. Fantasticism, as a rule, is the basis of the plots of both. They gravitate to fantastic conventions, both utopian and anti-utopian works refer to the theme of future. The time to which the plot of utopia and anti-utopia relates is a distant future, which is measured in small segments or centuries. The space, as a rule, is limited: it is either a separate city, or an island, or any other closed place. However, in the 20th century the anti-utopian genre changed and developed in comparison with the classical ideas about it. The article is devoted to the revision of the genre specifics of the V. Voinovich’s novel “Moscow 2042”. The subject of analysis is the novel “Moscow 2042”. The author sets the goal to reveal the socio-philosophical background of the novel. Metodology. The study is based on hermeneutic, phenomenological and comparative methods, as well as the principle of historical and philosophical reconstruction. Results. V. Voinovich estimates his novel “Moscow 2042” as a warning novel. The author of the article revealed the features of an anti-utopian novel, socio-philosophical for its time. Practical implications. The research results can be applied in the further study of the work of V. Voinovich, in educational and scientific activities