"Глюк" Людмилы Петрушевской - (художественное) зеркало наркотизма
Lyudmila Petrushevskayaʼs “The Glitch” like a Mirror of Drug Addicton

Summary/Abstract: Literary descriptions of the manifestations of substance addiction can be found in the works of many world's authors. The first part of the article points out on the intersection between the literature studies and literary texts. The second part of this interdisciplinary study (psychology/addictology vs. literary criticism) analyses the novel by Russian writer, novelist and playwright L. Petrushevskaya — The Glitch (1999). The short story is studied from the perspective of the manifestations of substance addiction in a literary text from the point of view of contemporary psychiatry and psychology (partly social pathology). The aim of the study is to identify, analyse, interpret and summarize the results of the analysis of the story The Glitch on the base of the current professional addiction literature. The purpose of the work is to draw attention to Petrushevkaya — writer as psychologist, to her ability of artistic and psychological depiction of the external symptoms of addiction her literary heroes. This goal is achieved by identifying specific symptoms of mental disorders (addiction) of the characters and comparative analysis of scientific psychological material and literary text.

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