THE REFLECTION OF PYGMALION PLOT IN A. DRUZHININ’S WORKS

Abstract

In the article, the features of Druzhinin’s prose in the light of the myth about Pygmalion are revealed. The literature of the 19th century showed a particular interest to this mythological plot, nevertheless Druzhinin’s name wasn’t investigated in its context. However, the «second line» literature always reflects the most important features of an era, to which we can refer the cultural strive to the development of popular mythological models. The authors of the article come to a conclusion that the references to the myth of Pygmalion in writer’s texts is associated mainly with social problems.