Modern Children’s Poetry: Search and Implementation of Gaming Techniques (The Case of the Image of Grandmother)

The article describes the gaming techniques of children’s poetry, formed under the influence of S. Marshak, K. Chukovsky, Yu. Tuvim, G. Sapgir. Using the example of the traditional and at the same time grotesque image of a grandmother, the implementation of these techniques in the poems of Yu. Usachev, T. Sobakin, E. Moshkovskaya, O. Grigoriev and other modern children’s poets is considered. A conclusion is made about the connection of the studied image with the folklore and literary tradition, which is supported by the game at the level of linguistic form and content.