Abstract: The object of the research is the novel 'Little Zacheses' written by E. Chizhova as an example of contemporary school prose. The aim of the research is to analyze psychological conflicts and communication issues faced by an adult and child as the heroes of the novel. In her research Belikova focuses on the personality type of a contemporary teacher as well as the nature of interpersonal and child-and-adult relations. The author pays special attention to the problems of education and moral education that are viewed from the point of view of the phenomenology of the novelistic word, axiological category and chronotopical reality of the theatre stage. The methodology of the research implies analysis of the novel in terms of philosophy and pedagogics. Psychologism of the novel is conditioned by the untypical role of spiritually and profesionally immature personality who creates the quasi existence and calls them 'students'. The philosophical context of the novel is enriched with retrospective images that play a crucial role in the development of the character's personality. The main conclusion of the research is the statement of a non-trivial interpretation of the fathers and sons topic and education issues in a contemporary school novel. The teacher's idea to create the quasi existence demonstrates unusual dominants of the education process and special status of a teacher who does not handle the role of a perfect mentor in the usual school environment.