LEO TOLSTOY AND ANDREY PLATONOV. RUSSIA AT THE TURN OF ERAS: THE POETICS OF PROSE, MOTIVES, DOMINANT IDEAS, COMPARISON

DOI: 10.24411/2470-1262-2020-10088

Abstract:

The article draws a parallel between the two most prominent writers of the end of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century – Leo Tolstoy and Andrey Platonov. Analyzing the prose, diaries, historical documents, letters and memories, the author of the article highlights the writers’ attitude towards the Revolution of 1905, the Civil War, wars and violence, social disruptions, mercy and compassion, memory, children. Their typological similarities are identified, that is the things that bring the writers together in establishing and resolving existentialist questions of life.

Keywords: Russian revolution of 1905, Civil War, Great Patriotic War, participation in battles, necessity of self-improvement, spiritual life, concept of childhood, condemnation of war, attitude to children

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Information about the author: Serafimova Vera Dmitrievna(Moscow, Russia) – PhD of Philology, Assistant Professor, Moscow Pedagogical State University. Professional interests: Traditions of Andrei Platonov in the philosophical and aesthetic searches of modern prose; Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, George Orwell, Andrey Platonov, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Maximilian Voloshin, Boris Yekimov; Valentina Rasputina, L. Borodina: Bileyskie motives, images, plots in Russian literature.
E-mail:serafimova@yandex.ru

For citation:  Serafimova Vera D., (2020). Leo Tolstoy and Andrey Platonov. Russia at the Turn of Eras. The Poetics of Prose. Motifs. Dominant Ideas, Comparison. Cross-Cultural Studies: Education and Science. Vol.5, Issue 3 (2020), pp. 15-31 (in USA)