Vadim Markovich Rozin,
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor,
Chief Researcher
Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences
e-mail: rozinvm@gmail.com

"The Peasant Girl": an existential choice,
super difficult in life, but possible in art

Abstract. The article proposes a new, in fact, cultural and psychological version of Pushkin's famous novel "The Peasant Lady". Various assessments of this work are given, including the author's and adolescent ones. The author argues that the modern understanding of works of art involves an analysis of the culture in which it was created, as well as the author of this work. Realizing this attitude, he discusses why Pushkin shifted to the reader the consideration of the consequences that followed from the last scene of the "Peasant Girl", when Lisa's deception was revealed. According to the author, this would destroy the plot, since it would show that the behavior of Lisa and Alexei contradicted the ideas of marriage and the actions of young people accepted in Russian society at that time. It is hypothesized that Pushkin, writing "The Peasant Lady", solved his own existential problem, which P. Chaadaev pointed out to him, namely, his real life contradicted Pushkin's declared values and poems. Unable to rebuild his life in 1830, Alexander Sergeevich compromises, reconciling the real and desirable life in the field of art, this largely explains the peculiarities of the "Peasant Girl". In Marina Tsvetaeva's work, there was also the use of art (and other discourses) to overcome the gap between real and desired life, which to a certain extent allowed the artist to be realized and preserve his mental health.

Keywords: personality, realization, game, substitution, work, art, life, mental health, fairy tale, transformations.

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