Мелкие бесы. Образы власти в творчестве Владимира Кантора
Petty demons. Images of power in the works of Vladimir Kantor

Summary/Abstract: The article presentsa specific image of powerin the worksof Vladimir Kantor.In all the analyzed texts authority is presented negatively. It is often associated with rogue structures, and its representatives fully deserve to be called Homo Sovieticus, because they are characterized by arrogance, insolence and cruelty. They are corrupt and do not hesitate to abuse their positions for their own benefit. The contemptuous attitude toward lower - ranks, and submission to superiors, are represented in the hereof the novel The Petty Demon by F. Sologub, and entitle us to call them this way. Kantor shows the limited power of minor officials, doctors and conductors, and also draws silhouettes of those who keep away from power - the creative intelligentsia.

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