"THE WOES FROM WIT" IN THE CONTEXT OF GYNECOCRACY MYTH OF THE RUSSIAN AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
The article deals with the functioning and transformation of the myth about women's exclusive authority in Russia in the A.Griboedov's comedy «The Woes from wit». It is noted, that the treatment of the dramatist to the era of the reign of Catherine the Great contribute to the establishment of such feminocracy problems as a woman-a monarch, favoritism, women's power in the family. The author's attitude to these problems is disclosed in the play at different semantic and evaluation levels.