The concept of the revolution in A.A. Ganin’s works (on the example of lyrics of 1910s-1920s)

The article is devoted to the examination of A.A. Ganin’s philosophical and historical ideas, in particular, his concept of revolution. Based on the analysis of Ganin’s lyrics of 1910s-1920s, the “myth” of the revolution, created in his work, is reconstructed, the characteristic of his complex, ambiguous attitude to the revolutionary events is disclosed, its reasons and preconditions are studied. The typical for Ganin’s creativity relationship of the concept of revolution with eschatological motifs is considered. In connection with the analysis of Ganin’s historical views is addressed the question of the relation of his work with some literary phenomena of the turn of the century and the first decades of the twentieth century, in particular, symbolism and expressionism.

A.A. Ganin, village literature of the 1920s-1930s, the concept of revolution in the literature of the 1910s-1930s, “myth” of the revolution