HER MAJESTY... FATE! POLEMIC OF F. PAKTOVSKY WITH INTERPRETATIONAL STEREOTYPES OF LITERARY AND CRITICAL CHEKHOVIANA OF 1880-1900

Abstract

. This paper presents a conceptual analysis of the essay by F.E. Paktovsky dedicated to the works of A.P. Chekhov. The pertinence of this research stems from the significance of the literary figure for the history of Russian criticism of the XIX-XX centuries, the importance of his views on the works of the authors of Russian literature of the XIX-XX centuries, as well as for the history of Belgorod State National Research University, as long as the critic was one of the directors of Belgorod Teachers’ Training Institute. The study of the creative heritage of F.E. Paktovsky was carried out using motivational-figurative, biographical, historical and literary methods. Turning to the works of A.P. Chekhov, the literary scholar, considers his characters as of their fate. shift the from the in misfortunes, but to fight with for spiritual transformation. the classify the of and this has significance as evidence of a contemporary on the social composition of Russian society the the