Genre of Russian emigrant memoirs of the First wave

Abstract

The memoires of Russian writers in exile represent the peculiar form of literary works, the special
stratum of culture. Not only the older generation of the emigrant writers, connected with Russian culture through
most of their lives, but also the literary youth turned their attention to Russian historical memory, expressing their involvement
in the history of their motherland. The article represents genre variations of memoirs in Russian emigrant
literature of the first wave, and their important features: the commitment to traditions of the Russian literature and
the presence of the authors self. The author of the article distinguishes genres of a literary portrait, an autobiography,
a diary, a letter, a genre of a voyage. These forms are very popular in Russian literature in exile, as writers
were striving to restore a losing connection of generations.