GENRE AND STYLE INNOVATION OF THE NOVEL "SOLARIS" BY STANISLAVA LEMA

The novel "Solaris" occupies a key place in the creative biography of S. Lem. Starting with this work, writer decisively departs from utopian projects future, which at that time were spread most diverse versions. He also resolutely rejects "adventure" and "technological" variants SF fiction. His attention is focused on classic form minimum necessary technical conventions depicting life future. Among other things, new vector literary searches required close to development various forms means psychologism, revealed additional facets Lem's talent. At same time, it was not an ordinary return classics. Lem does simply move impersonal narrative "I-narrative" delving into character's self-reflection, – he strategy «unreliable» narrator numerous fields uncertainty inexplicability. So actually anticipates concepts discourse (J.F. Lyotard, P. Ricœur) ideas receptive poetics aesthetics (W. Iser, H. R. Jauss). strategies presented «Solaris» completely world literature, but for science fiction truly innovative phenomenon. From today’s height looks like «untimely» did fit main trends modern dominants content give reasons consider work futuristic existential novel.