«Уйду я от вас в разбойники »: Дураки на периферии А. П. Платонова и Горячее сердце А. Н. Островского
“I will leave you and become A robber”: Fools on the Periphery by Andrey Platonov and An Ardent Heart by Alexander Ostrovsky

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a comparative analysis of two comedies (An Ardent Heart by Ostrovsky and Fools on the Periphery by Platonov) has made through the “robber” theme, which unites these works. The idea of protest “robbery” belongs to women in both comedies. At the same time, the image of a “gang of robbers” in Ostrovsky’s play is initially presented as a clownish enterprise; it exists within the framework of “theater within a theater” and is of a parodic nature. But the main woman’s character (Parasha) takes it “seriously”. The “robbery” in Platonov’s surreal comedy is first declared as a form of protest, but gradually it is rethought, becoming a characteristic of the entire Soviet way of life. Main woman character of the comedy Fools on the Periphery (Marya Ivanovna) typologically “inherits” Ostrovsky’s characters, representing a unique embodiment of the “an ardent heart” metaphor.

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