De la „nebunie” la „boală psihică” în ,Ffloarea roșie’’ de V. Garșin și ,,Nălucile’’ de L. Andreev
From "Madness" to "Mental Illness" in the ’’Red Flower’’ by Vs. Garshin and ’’Ghosts’’ by L. Andreyev

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the theme of madness in two important texts from Russian literature of the late 19th and early 20th century: The Red Flower (1883) by Vsevolod Garshin and Ghosts (1904) by Leonid Andreyev. As I demonstrate in the comparative analysis of these stories, the depiction of madness changes as Russian literature moves away from realism to modernism, and so does its significance. The essay also touches upon the implications of the social and cultural climate at the time of the stories' appearance. In the article I am applying the concepts of deviance and norm formulated by Michel Foucault and Lucian Boia's views on the imaginary, identity and alterity.

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