Organization of space and time in the story “Makar’s Dream” and the story “Without Language” by V. G. Korolenko

Abstract

The relevance of the article is determined by the fact that its topic is in line with the works of Russian researchers of Vladimir Korolenko’s legacy: N. N. Zakirova, S. L. Skopkareva, A. V. Trukhanenko, V. N. Krylov, E. G. Savelyeva, dedicated to the problem of organizing space and time in the writer’s works. The methodological basis for the study was the works of M. M. Bakhtin and Yu. M. Lotman. The purpose of the work was to identify the uniqueness of the chronotope in the story “Makar’s Dream” and the story “Without Language”. It is noted that in the both works the author refers to the chronotope of the road and road meetings. While in “Makar’s Dream” the chronotope of Amga is contrasted with the space and time of the afterlife, in “Without Language” the chronotope of New York is presented in opposition to the chronotope of the heroes’ native Lozishchi. In the both works, one can state the “liminal” state of the hero: Makar’s “fading away,” his “sleep,” and the state of Matvey Lozinsky on the verge of death in a New York park.