ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE THEME OF MADNESS IN I. K. BYKOVSKII’S ESSAY "A HUNDRED DAYS IN A MADHOUSE"
Nazarov Ivan Aleksandrovich
State Budgetary Institution of Culture "Mikhail Bulgakov Museum" in Moscow
Abstract. The article discusses various interpretations of the image of a madhouse in Russian literature by the example of Ivan Kazimirovich Bykovskii’s essay "A Hundred Days in a Madhouse". The author of the essay focuses on the philosophical interpretation of the issue on the border between normality and insanity, develops the mentioned theme within the framework of Romantic writers’ tradition. Special attention in the essay is paid to the motive of madness simulation and the "criminal-legal" aspect of the theme.
Key words and phrases: феномен безумия, образ сумасшедшего дома, мотив симуляции безумия, И. К. Быковский, русская литература, phenomenon of madness, image of madhouse, motive of madness simulation, I. K. Bykovskii, Russian literature
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