Abstract
The author examines the system of short stories of Sigismund Krzhyzhanovsky and Alexander Grin as a metatext along with its key characteristic – mythopoetics. The term 'mythopoetics' is analyzed on two levels: 1) as literary images, motives, allusions and reminiscence in the text, 2) as writers’ interpretation of classical myths and creating their own myths.
Key words
Short Stories of 1920–1930, Experimental Prose, Mythopoetics, Sigismund Krzhyzhanovsky, Grin, metatext, neomyth