The research aims to identify the particularities of the process of history remythologisation in the novel “Truthers” by the American writer Geoffrey Girard. The paper analyses a work of fiction included in the thematic group of 9/11 literature and based on a popular conspiracy theory, as well as touches on the influence of literary myth-making on the construction of the reader’s reality. The research is novel in that it is the first in Russian literary studies to present a literary analysis of G. Girard’s work. The research findings have shown that the writer criticises the conspiracy theories formed around the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 in an imaginative form. In addition, addressing the scientific and theoretical basis of the formation and functioning of the conspiracy theory in his narrative, G. Girard involves readers in the process of debunking the historical myth within a work of fiction.

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The paper aims to determine the role of documentary and pseudo-documentary photography in the process of representation of a terrorist attack indirect witness’s traumatic experience in J. S. Foer’s novel “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”. The article analyzes illustrative means of trauma representation in the novel and considers the issue of integrating different forms of documentary materials into the literary text based on real events. The scientific originality of the research lies in the fact that Russian literary studies view the synthesis of documentary and artistic visual material in J. S. Foer’s novel as an example of metonymic representation of trauma for the first time. The results show that the illustrative material in the form of photography which J. S. Foer makes a part of the narration contributes to the creation of the effect of interaction between the art and the reality specific for the 9/11 traumatic narration.