AESTHETIC VIEWS AND POETICS OF A. VARLAMOV'S WORKS

Abstract

The article examines the issue of aesthetic continuity and development of the traditions of Russian prose of the Soviet period in the works of the 2010s, which is topical for modern Russian literature: the novels of A.N. Varlamov "The Myslenny Wolf" and A.V. Ivanov's "Bad weather", which are scientifically analyzed for the first time. These texts are characterized by an appeal to key motives and philosophical ideas expressed by A.P. Platonov, - the problem of spiritual orphanhood and the search for its overcoming, the need for social and moral transformation of a society experiencing revolutionary upheavals. Conclusions: modern writers, following Platonov, show how the temptations of personal enrichment and violent reorganization of the world are defeated by self-sacrifice and love for one's neighbor, they investigate the national utopian consciousness and believe in the possibility of spiritual rebirth of both the individual and the entire country. Platonic motives productively influence the poetics of the works under consideration and expand their semantics.