EXISTENTIAL MOTIVES IN THE 1880-1884 CHEKHOV’S SHORT STORIES
Journal: Proceedings of Southern Federal University Philology
Year: 2024

DOI 10.18522/1995-0640-2024-1-12-23 Еxistential issues first appeared in the A.P. Chekhov’s short stories of 1880-1884. There are a number of short stories of this period, in which abandonment and alienation are manifested as characteristic features of the world. The main characters of these stories find themselves in a being-for-another situation or in a borderline situation. Alienation ignores rebellion of main characters, so fall becomes an unavoidable part of their existence in stories ‘St.