THE CATEGORY OF FICTION AS ONE OF THE WAYS OF REPRESENTING THE THEMATIC AND GENRE ORIGINALITY OF A. VERTINSKY'S WORK

Abstract

This article examines the motifs of lies, deception, dreams, sleep, and fairy tales, as well as the genre-specific features of A. N. Vertinsky's works. At the beginning of his creative journey, tinged with decadent and exotic motifs and reflecting a pronounced dissatisfaction with the prevailing reality, the poet pursues the goal of creating a sovereign world, opposing the chaos of existence, built on the creative principle of culture, designed to protect the human soul from decay within illusions. Lies and deception reflect the principles of the world order, contrasted with the motifs of fairy tales, sleep, and dreams, which embody this creative principle. However, Vertinsky subsequently recognizes the value of life, and thus culture ceases to be a substitute for life, eliminating the dramatic opposition: culture grows out of life itself, reflecting human existence.