V. N. Voinovich's Novel "Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Soldier Ivan Chonkin": Specifics of a Negative Quasiutopia
In article V. N. Voinovich's novel «Life and extraordinary adventures of soldier Ivan Chonkin» is considered as «a negative quasiutopia». It is emphasized that the parody and the grotesque which is actively used by the writer, are directed on the solution of the main task -the indication of illusoriness of creation of communism to the USSR through the image of absurdity of the Soviet reality.