The novel «Negation of the negation» by Konstantin y. Lagunov: The phenomenon of genre philosophization

About the author:

Maria A. Sinyukova,

Abstract:

This article for the first time systematically presents the elements of philosophization of the novel’s genre in the works of the syberian writer K.Ya. Lagunov. On the basis of his post-Soviet work entitled “Negation of the Negation”, considering the lexical row, the structure of the novel, the headline complex and nomination poetics, ideological clashes of the work’s characters, analyzing their reasoning as a distinct form of speech, the author traces a transformation of a workplace novel into a philosophical one. The author draws a parallel between the plot of “Negation of the Negation” and the ordonnance of L.M. Leonov’s “Russian Forest”, makes a number of observations of a comparative character. Ultimately, it is suggested to consider K.Ya. Lagunov’s best work a link in the genre chain of Russian philosophical novels; the author denotes the perspective of analyzing the experiences of regional word painters on the edge of historical epochs as a search for valid and acceptable decisions of the Motherland’s fate, clarifies the axiological landmarks for the people.

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