Szaleństwo jako jeden z wyznaczników koncepcji człowieka w twórczości Leonida Andriejewa
Madness as a distingvishing feature of the concept of human being in Leonid Andreyev’s works

Author(s): Paulina Charko-Klekot
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to present L. Andreyev’s views concerning madness and insanity. The studied material encompasses the following works: Thought, The Life of Vasily Fiveysky, and The Red Laugh. In the analysed texts madness appear to be on the one hand, presented as an attempt to defend oneself and escape from the unfavourable Fortune, and on the other hand, it is a curse and a result of actions taken in the outer world. The complexity of Andreyev’s characters indicates conceptual relativity of madness and a difficulty precisely to determine its scope.

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