"The little man" in Vampilov's drama: a metaphysical aspect

this paper aims to analyze the specifics of the semantic and ideological-thematic content of the image of a little man in various works by the famous playwright of the Soviet period A.V. Vampilov. It is argued that the understanding of this image by Vampilov is close to existentialist concepts, despite the fact that the playwright himself was not directly involved in philosophical research in this direction. It is postulated that the image of "a little man" in Vampilov has several different sources of various types, in particular, socio-cultural, socio-psychological and cultural. In addition, it should be noted that the images of little people in Vampilov's dramatic work, in accordance with the principles of critical realism, have as prototypes real types of Soviet society of the 50?60s of the XX century. Parallels are also drawn with how the images of "little people" are presented in classical Russian literature (in particular, in various works written by Pushkin, Chekhov, Gogol), a conclusion is made about the creative continuity between these authors and the artistic method of Vampilov. We will also focus on the metaphysical dimension of this image, emphasizing the depth and universality of human experience in Vampilov's plays.

A.V. Vampilov, the image of little man, existential issues in literature, reception of classical Russian literature