"THE MAN WHO DOES NOT SLEEP": ON THE SPECIFIC INTERPRETATION OF THE RUSSIAN MYTH ABOUT DON QUIXOTE IN THE SERIES OF STORIES "THE INVENTIONS OF PROFESSOR WAGNER" BY A. BELYAEV

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  • Daria V. Ponomareva Southern Federal University

Abstract

DOI 10.18522/1995-0640-2023-3-109-120

The peculiarities of the interpretation of the Russian myth about Don Quixote in the series of stories by A. Belyaev "The Inventions of Professor Wagner" is revealed within the specifics of the image of the main character, a rebel, an impostor, an extra person, a wanderer who appears as a knight of science. Wagner, whose image goes back to the figure of a cultural hero, strives to transform the reality around him, literally perceived as material for creating a new better world. Ridiculing the past as a trickster, the hero affirms the future of the "golden age" as a demiurge. The quixoticism of Professor Wagner is a scientific service in the name of humanity, a daily and intense, like a feat, work of a scientist.

Key words: Russian quixoticism, the myth of Don Quixote, A. Belyaev, impostor, rebel, superfluous person, wanderer, cultural hero

Author Biography

Daria V. Ponomareva , Southern Federal University

Ph.D. of Philology, Senior Lecturer. Institute of Philology, Journalism and Cross-Cultural Communication, Department of Theory and History of Literature

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8498-2422

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Published

2023-10-02

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Ponomareva Д. В. . (2023). "THE MAN WHO DOES NOT SLEEP": ON THE SPECIFIC INTERPRETATION OF THE RUSSIAN MYTH ABOUT DON QUIXOTE IN THE SERIES OF STORIES "THE INVENTIONS OF PROFESSOR WAGNER" BY A. BELYAEV . Proceedings of Southern Federal University. Philology, 27(3), 109–120. Retrieved from https://philol-journal.sfedu.ru/index.php/sfuphilol/article/view/1877

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Vol. 27 No. 3 (2023)

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LITERATURE STUDY

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