The fantastic world of Andrei Platonov

The article studies the early period of A. Platonov's creative work, whose peculiarity is the abundance of science fiction. Fantastic and real worlds are closely interrelated in the writer's texts: A. Platonov attributes autobiographical features to his characters and grants them the ideas of his own inventions. In the article it is concluded that A. Platonov's fantastika cannot be defined as purely scientific (NF), but rather as social one. One of the main themes of the social fantastika of the writer is the relationship between Man and nature. This theme allows revealing the traits of other genres in his works: utopia and dystopia. Another feature of the early works of Andrey Platonov is a synthesis of science fiction and mythological conventionalism. The article examines the “ordeal” theme, the motive of the road, which becomes the main plot-forming factor and symbolizes a search for truth by the protagonist. The article also considers two utopian images in A. Platonov's texts: the image of America as a technocratic Paradise and the image of the City-Garden. The synthesis of science fiction, utopia and myth creates the specific fantastic world of Andrey Platonov.