Open Access“A READY-WITTED OBSERVER OF THE IMPOSSIBLE...”
Author(s) -
Viacheslav A. Koshelev
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kulʹtura i tekst
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2305-4077
DOI - 10.37386/2305-4077-2021-3-80-92
Subject(s) - comedy , virtue , literature , philosophy , parallels , context (archaeology) , nomination , observer (physics) , meaning (existential) , plot (graphics) , perspective (graphical) , aesthetics , epistemology , history , art , law , mathematics , visual arts , mechanical engineering , statistics , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , political science , engineering
The article offers observations on life circumstances and love failures of A. A. Fet and his friend I. P. Borisov, reflected in their correspondence between 1849 and 1850. Parallels are found with the family picture in the comedy “Woe from Wit” and the images of Molchalin and Chatsky. The way Fet percepted Griboedov is commented as well as his use of winged words borrowed from the comedy “Woe from Wit”. The meaning of Griboedov’s nomination of “a ready-witted observer of the impossible” is revealed. The biographies and life circumstances of the characters of the comedy are analysed; in the context of Griboedov’s works and a historical perspective, the images of the candidates for the hand of Sophia and their life strategies are interpreted, various interpretations of the image of Molchalin are noted. The innovation of Griboedov connected with the destruction of the moral perspectives in the traditional literary plot focused on the triumph of “the virtue” and the punishment of “the vice” is demonstrated.