Гибель эпохи – гибель мира в Комедии города Петербурга Д. Хармса

The article examines Kharms's views on literary evolution and historical changes as expressed in The Comedy of the City of Petersburg. Kharms's play presents a large number of different fragments: pre- and post-1917 historical events and personages, but also spiritual values, literary and mythological heroes. The city's name represents a determining factor of its destiny. The paper demonstrates how Kharms turns his play into a “text about texts”.