THE OPPOSITES OF MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE NOVEL BY P. M. ANDREEVSKY “WHEATGRASS” (1980)

The article analyzes the author’s understanding of the uniqueness of the “male” and “female” vision of life, which affects the problems, plot-compositional structure, motives reflecting the worldview of a man and a woman using the example of the main characters of the work. The author deliberately brings together the “male” and “female” worlds, clearly highlighting the latter, since in his understanding it is the woman who is the bearer of true knowledge, who allows her to preserve national identity, and can also be stronger than men in difficult life circumstances.