Philosophic concepts of antiesthetics of war and ambivalence of being in the novel "Guest comes in chilly sunrise" by U. Karatkevich
The article investigates the features of the disclosure by Vladimir Karatkevich of philosophical concepts of antiesthetics of war and ambivalence of being on the material of the novel “Guest comes in chilly sunrise". It is stated that the analyzed author’s concepts ascertain the idea of life protection, require the reader’s thoughtful attitude to the definition of human nature, our actions and the highest role in the world. Developing the idea of ambivalence of laws and manifestations of the reality, Karatkevich called to avoid simplified, superficial evaluations since what is elementary and clear on the surface can have complicated, multi vector immanent structure. The given theses to be more convincing and realistic the author models the artistic world of the piece of work by means of polar or ambivalent argumentation. It is concluded that the author’s philosophical ideas reach particular depth thanks largely to the different connections to the biblical source material, with Korotkevich consciously expanding eternal motifs and images, adapting them to the realities of the twentieth century.