ON THE PECULIARITIES OF THE IMAGE OF MADHOUSE IN L. N. ANDREYEV’S PROSE
Nazarov Ivan Aleksandrovich
State Budgetary Institution of Culture "Mikhail Bulgakov Museum" in Moscow
Abstract. The article discusses various interpretations of the image of madhouse in Russian literature by the example of Leonid Nikolaevich Andreyev’s prose. Basing on A. I. Herzen’s, N. S. Leskov’s, M. Ye. Saltykov-Shchedrin’s, E. Poe’s experience the writer refers to the social-philosophical reflection of the theme of madness. The space of madhouse in L. N. Andreyev’s works becomes a place of the characters’ insight, serves as a model of society, as an illustration for the issue of border between normality and madness.
Key words and phrases: феномен безумия, образ сумасшедшего дома, Л. Н. Андреев, Серебряный век, образ врача, phenomenon of madness, image of madhouse, L. N. Andreyev, Silver Age, image of doctor
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