The problem of spiritual formation of the child in the A.P. Platonov’s stories "Flower on the earth" (1945) and "The Unknown Flower" (1950)
The paper evaluates the significance of childhood themes and images of children in the A.Platonov’s work as the issue of the spiritual formation of the child, his attraction to the knowledge of the world, the desire to understand the language of nature, to gain vital energy. Reveals the symbolic meaning of the image of the flower, sets the nature of the relationship of the child’s inner world and the natural world.