SCRIPTOR LUDENS: STRATEGIA TWÓRCZA WIKTORA PIELEWINA
SCRIPTOR LUDENS: VIKTOR PELEVIN’S CREATIVE STRATEGY

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to assess the attitude of the contemporary Russian writer Viktor Pelevin towards readers and literary world in the context of the theses put forward by Johan Huizinga in his book Homo ludens. As the Dutch researcher points out in his paper, “Play is a culture’s attribute, which precedes, accompanies, and penetrates it from the very be- ginning.” Pelevin, on the other hand, by concealing himself from readers and meticulously separating his personal and professional life, engages — in the opinion of the author of this paper — in a peculiar game with his readers and critics, which is described by the expression used in the title: “scriptor ludens.”

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