L’AVENTURE EST DANS LA COUPE : LES MERVEILLEUSES AVENTURES DU TAILLEUR FOKINE DE VSEVOLOD IVANOV
L’AVENTURE EST DANS LA COUPE : LES MERVEILLEUSES AVENTURES DU TAILLEUR FOKINE DE VSEVOLOD IVANOV

Summary/Abstract: Inspired by the cultural and ideological environment of post-revolutionary Russia, The Wonderful Adventures of Tailor Fokin (personal translation) subtly belongs to the new adventure novel described in the first three decades of the 20th century by theorists such as Jacques Rivière, Jacques Copeau, Edmond Jaloux and others. The trivial adventure of little Fokin, who decided to abandon his Pavlodar tailor shop full of military tunics and wonder around Europe in search of civil fashion alongside peace and justice is basically depicted as a parody. Therefore, in a universe dominated by confusion, uniformity and indoctrination, fashion metaphors overlap the political life of the time. Fokinřs story revolves around Ŗhomo sovieticusŗ, an ideal pretext for adventure to unfold from different angles: the traditional perspective of adventure fiction featuring a courageous and dynamic character involved in a series of escapades, experiences, accidents and dangers, but also the modern perspective of an inner, psychological and especially esthetic adventure. The aesthetics of the adventure novel is based on a story and especially on how the story progresses through novelty, surprise, hazard, and the unknown. The hero is rather an antihero while the action tends to take place in the authorřs office rather than out there in the world.

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