“For What Purposes are they Suffering and for What are they Living”. Again on the Teleological Paradigm of Chekhov’s World

Authors

  • Aleksey D. Semkin Russian State Institute of Performing Arts

Abstract

It is considered the paradigm of teleological models, attempts to answer the eternal question about the meaning and purpose of existence in Chekhov’s. It is introduces the concepts of «anchor model» (justification of life by simplifying it by forcing the introduction of meaning), «model vector» (general aspiration towards meaningful life) and «field man» (according to Chekhov’s ideology, a true sage walking between the poles «there is a sense» and «there is no sense»).

Key words: teleological model, meaning of existence, goal, model «anchor», model «vector», «field man», Chekhov.

DOI 10.18522/1995-0640-2020-2-43-50

Author Biography

  • Aleksey D. Semkin, Russian State Institute of Performing Arts

    Candidate of Art Criticism, Associate Professor of Department of Literature and Arts at Russian State Institute of Performing Arts, St. Petersburg.

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Published

2020-07-01

Issue

No. 2 (2020)

Section

CHEKHOV PAGES

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“For What Purposes are they Suffering and for What are they Living”. Again on the Teleological Paradigm of Chekhov’s World. (2020). Proceedings of Southern Federal University. Philology, 2020(2), 43-50. https://philol-journal.sfedu.ru/index.php/sfuphilol/article/view/1468