Abstract: The subject of the research is the narrative strategies used by Graham Swift as a post-modernist writer. The object of the research is Graman Swift's novel 'Waterland'. The specific content of Swift's novels make him a remarkable and interesting author, especially the narrative techniques and methods used by the author. The aim of this research is to analyze narrative features used by Graham Swift in his novel 'Waterland'. Literary scholars share practically the same opinion that Swift's prose has a very distinguished interest in serious philosophical issues. Quite frequently researchers have emphasized that this interest leads to certain consequences and influences both the topic, personalitiues and style of writing chosen by Swift. Along with other methods, the authors of this article have used such methods as historical genetic analysis and structural-functional analysis. The novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the authors view the novel 'Waterland' from the point of view of its narrative structure and post-modernism features. Conclusions. The novel 'Waterland' presents the trend of 'historization' of prose which makes it comparable to historical novels. The other feature of Graham Swift's style of writing is the subjectivity of his prose evolving around a learning and suffering man. The 'narration' of the novel is also very unique because it is comprised of separate pieces that are often unrelated to one another which makes the aforesaid novel worthy of special attention of both readers and literary critics.