EVERYDAY LIFE AS AN EXISTENTIAL CATEGORY IN THE WORK OF E. GRISHKOVETS (BASED ON «SHIRT» AND «ALMOST HANDWRITTEN LIFE»)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the main provisions of human being in the artistic worldview of the modern writer E. V. Grishkovets. Particular attention is paid to the representation of the category of everyday life in its existential comprehension in the genres of the artistic and documentary prose of the author. Artistic model of reality of Е. V. Grishkovets inds an expression in the description of everyday life situations of a person who does not pretend to be exclusive or unique. The chacacter and his existence are examined through consistent awareness and overcoming of ordinary life within the framework of existentialism philosophy. The author forms an artistic representation of being in the work on the basis of the description of details familiar to everyone in life: the characters of the work collect the main features of a typical viewer and a reader. The article examines the features of the manifestation of the category «everyday life» in various environmental options: the typical space of the city, and the unique living conditions in the Arctic expedition. The analysis is based on prosaic texts of the writer, expressing the creative features of E. V. Grishkovets as a prose writer, as well as a high level of autobiographic and literary self-reflection. This allows us to fully reveal the author's vision of the category "everyday life" and trace the connection of his work with the philosophy of existential worldview.

Keywords

• existential
• existential category
• everyday life
• routine
• everyday
• person
• grishkovets