ANDREI PLATONOV IN SEARCH FOR THE MEANING OF LIFE: WAYS OF COMPREHENDING THE ETERNAL VERITY, THE ESSENCE OF EXISTENCE AND HAPPINESS.WANDERING

DOI: 10.24412/2470-1262-2024-1-6-17

Abstract: The rich conceptual sphere of Andrei Platonov’s prose underlying his ontology receives its artistic saturation from the intertextual semiotic interaction of the author’s system of philosophical concepts and includes elements of the writer’s philosophical thought and his existential worldview. Platonov’s spiritual and philosophical quests are distinguished by the author’s special understanding of various philosophical theories and life values and are expressed in semiotics and concepts, artistically voiced using his unique language. Platonov’s view on the search for the meaning of life and existence acts as a key position of Platonov’s entire ontology. The writer’s search for the meaning of life fully reflects his existentialism. Platonov’s dystopian texts are filled with capacious utopian symbolism and with the idea of searching for the Eternal Verity.

Keywords: Andrei Platonov’s ontology, conceptual sphere of Platonov’s prose, philosophical concepts, the intertextual semiotic interaction, Platonov’s existentialism, the eternal verity, the meaning of life, the eternal verity of existence, the organic interdependence of eternal verity and intellection, the concept of wandering, the concept of wanderer-seeker of the eternal verity of existence, the concept of happiness, the substance of existence

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Information about the Author:

Vassili V. Bouilov (Helsinki, Finland) – Doctor of Philosophy (FT/PhD) Senior lecturer of Russian Language and Translation, University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Faculty of Philosophy, School of Humanities, Foreign Languages and Translation Studies, E-mail: vassili.bouilov@uef.fi, 

Mob. +358414539704  The author permanently lives in Helsinki.

Vassili Bouilov’s 16-digit ORCID identifier: 0000-0003-2326-1513

ORCID iD and the link to public record: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2326-1513

 

For citation: Bouilov Vassili V. (2024).

Andrei Platonov in Search for the Meaning of Life: Ways of Comprehending the Eternal Verity, the

Essence of Existence and Happiness. Wandering.

Cross-Cultural Studies: Education and Science, Vol. 9, Issue 1 (2024), pp. 6-17 (in USA)

Manuscript received: 10/02/2024

Accepted for publication: 25/03/2024