This monograph is a study of postmodern functional commentary as a special type of text. The author describes the traditional type of textological comments and contrast it with the functional (" game", fictional, etc) one typical for postmodern literature. Beliaeva illustrates her theses on example of works by V. Nabokov, D. Galkovskii, E. Popov and R. Kornelii. The book analyzes various types of postmodern fictional commentary and the instability of their functions. (0.145 kg.)