Decontruction of language in the Soviet mental space in the context of the existential "being to death" (based on the material of texts by A. Platonov)

The problem and the purpose of this study consist in the necessity to analyze the language features of A. Platonov's texts through the utopian problems of overcoming death by means of the deconstruction of the language. Language deconstruction in overcoming death is considered in the context of M. Heidegger's existential “Being to Death”. The connection between A. Platonov and M. Heidegger is mentioned by M. Epshtein in the article «The language of life of Andrei Platonov» [19] emphasizing that it is Heideggerian metaphysics, and not the teachings of N. Fedorov, which is most fully capable of determining the intentions of Platonov's texts. The methodology of the study is based on the contextual analysis method and the method of deconstruction. Results. In the texts by Platonov there is a tendency to objectify the subject of activity from its material implementation, being-experience is separated from the process of dying. The denial of the personal “presence” of the characters at their own process of dying, their refusal to participate in this allow us to speak about the paradox of not realizing the basic existential of human existence, by means of which being-existential “Being to Death” is defined [Heidegger,1997]. Thus, the rejection of its implementation not only allows us to overcome death as the only personal experience, but also creates a problem of simulation essence of being in the space of the Platonic text which opens the way to the further research in this field. The conclusion. The utopian intention to overcome death in the texts of A. Platonov is realized not only through the plot, which is typical of his early stories, but also through the structure of the language, which is especially vividly shown in the controversial text of “Pit” [Platonov,1990] The deconstruction of the writer's language and the examination of the text through existentials popular in the early twentieth century, in this case, the existential “Being to Death”, allows us to take a fresh look at the works of A. Platonov and the reality of politically ambivalent today the 20-30s of the XX century.