СЮЖЕТ «ИСПЫТАНИЯ ВЕРЫ» В ПОВЕСТИ А. ПЛАТОНОВА «ДЖАН»
TESTING OF FAITH IN ANDREI PLATONOV'S SHORT NOVEL "DZHAN"

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes Andrei Platonov' short novel Dzan and sees the concept of an "act of faith" as the central element of its plot. The article provides evidence that the idea of socialism, being refracted through the Zoroastrian myth, is tested in the story for strength and genuineness. As a result, this test reveals Christian subtext in the novel, with the main character not accepting utilitarian earthly Paradise, where there is no free will, and where love to one's neighbor is contrasted with love to the distant humanity. At the end of the novel two evangelical commandments are mentioned - not by bread alone and love thy neighbor. In the late 1920s — the middle of the 1930s Andrei Platonov comes up with his own idea of soul's socialism, trying to reconcile the irreconcilable - the Christian ideal and socialism.

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