THE PHILOSOPHICAL CATEGORY OF THE FEMININE AND OF LOVE I N THE WORKS OF I. A. GONCHAROV
The paper presents an analysis of the categories of the feminine and of love in the works of I. A. Goncharov. The work shows the dual nature of women as both the creator and the creation simultaneously, the presence in every woman some masculinity. Ideal love in the works of I. A. Goncharov is described as a feeling that combines the phenomena of the soul and rationality. I. Goncharov recognized the strength and the power of love in all areas of life: natural, social and family. The sheer creativity of the author focused on manifestations of a variety of passions, including love, desire to know and describe the depths of relationship between both sexes. The women characters in works by I.A. Goncharov not only play a leading role in assessing male characters, in the architecture of literary works, but surely reflect the types of the Russian life in 30-60-ies of the 19 century and characterize the writer's moral ideas.