The OZM concept in the spatial and topological structure of Vladislav Krapivin’s cycle “Tales and True Stories of Deserted Spaces”
https://doi.org/10.26907/2782-4756-2025-81-3-94-99
Abstract
The article examines the significance of the OZM concept in the spatial and topological structure of Vladislav Krapivin’s cycle “Tales and True Stories of Deserted Spaces”. The article identifies the binary spatial structure of this cycle whose plot embodiment is the juxtaposition of real and Deserted spaces. The semantic dominant of the real space is the concept of OZM, which demonstrates the absolute degradation of real space. The OZM concept is correlated with the atmosphere of the post-Soviet period and receives a double artistic representation: specifically historical and conditionally historical; moreover, both variants are semantically homogeneous. In the first case, the texts widely present specific historical era signs of the 1990s with an emphasis on three themes: social deprivation, banditry/terrorism and Chechen campaigns. The conventional historical version of the OZM concept is also focused on the plot motif of the civil war. The novel “Lawns Where Birdhouses Dance” is of particular importance in creating a historically specific version of the OZM concept. The novel asserts the idea of the internal continuity of the Soviet and post-Soviet times, united by the perverted logic of the “adult” world. Within the framework of the OZM concept conditional historical representation, the dominant text is the story “The Explosion of the General HQ”. The plot motif of the civil war within the framework of the conditional historical version of the OZM concept representation is a system of figurative leitmotifs, among them are the images of a cruiser and a submachine gunner.
About the Author
G. Wang
Kazan Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Wang Goin, graduate student,
8 Kremlyovskaya Str., Kazan, 420008
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Wang G. The OZM concept in the spatial and topological structure of Vladislav Krapivin’s cycle “Tales and True Stories of Deserted Spaces”. Philology and Culture. 2025;(3):94-99. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2782-4756-2025-81-3-94-99
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