The originality of the art of anthropology in the novel of A. Bely «Petersburg»

Abstract

The article presents the analysis of the two major types of artistic anthropology in the Russian prose. Actually anthropomorphic type of literary anthropologists have perfected Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. The second type of artistic anthropology is anthropomorphic-ontological type, which is formed in the prose of A. Bely and A. Platonov. The author of the work is guided by the main theoretical prerequisite – art anthropology and ontology are combined in one works. The author of this study came to a new decision of a theme in works of A. Bely’s artistic anthropology is abbreviated in nature and is closely connected with the ontological.
In this study, the literary and philosophical contexts of the novel by A. Bely «Petersburg» are analyzed. The points of divergence of A. Bely’s novel «Petersburg» with the previous literature are revealed. The article analyses the peculiarities of the art of anthropology in the novel of A. Bely «Petersburg». Justified by the innovative character of the novel «Petersburg». It is alleged that A. Bely is a distinguished reformer of the Russian novel, paving new paths for subsequent generations of writers.