To the question of Russian schellingianism: poetic dystopia by E.A. Baratynsky

The object of the research is the existential theme and hypnological motifs in Russian philosophical romantic lyrics in the aspect of its connection with the works of F. Schelling and the genre of dystopia. The material of the analysis is the poem of the ‘poet of thought’ E. A. Baratynsky ‘The Last Death’. Parallels are drawn with biblical texts, as well as the genre of ‘vision’ and the poetry of J. G. Byron (poem "Darkness"). The results of the study consist in identifying the philosophical potential of Russian lyrics in general and the poetry of E. A. Baratynsky in particular, as well as introducing the concept of poetic dystopia into the literary thesaurus and genristics. Baratynsky's fantastic canvas is a gloomy prophecy about the future of the Earth. The reason for the gradual degradation of civilization and the extinction of mankind is the oblivion of the sphere of feelings by people, the hypertrophy of the rational principle, the rupture of the connection with the natural world. Deep psychologism distinguishes the beginning of poetic dystopia, characterizing the borderline state of consciousness. The brilliant prophecy in Baratynsky's dystopia anticipates the discoveries of science fiction writers and philosophers of the twentieth century. The results of the work may be of interest to literary scholars, and can also be used in teaching courses on the philosophy and history of Russian culture.