CAPTAIN LEBYADKIN AND THE COMIC GROTESQUE IN THE NOVEL OF F.M. DOSTOEVSKY “BESY”

Abstract

captain Lebyadkin made it possible to reveal the features of the comic grotesque of F. M. Dostoevsky; to determine the functions of the grotesque as an artistic device. Scope of the results: lies in the possibility of using the results of the study to solve practical problems in the field of literary criti-cism; in the possibility of further application obtained as a result of the study of knowledge in the pre-study; the development of research on the grotesque, as a reception in the works of world literature. Conclusion: it consists in determining the place of the comic grotesque in the work of F. M. Dostoevsky; the existence of the comic grotesque in the novel "Demons" is presented; defined and analyzed the functions of the grotesque in the text of a work of art; features of a comic-grotesque character are revealed.