Captain Lebyadkin and the comic grotesque in the novel of F.M. Dostoevsky “Besy”

The subject of the article: Captain Lebyadkin and the comic grotesque. Object of the article: Grotesque F. M. Dostoevsky, an element of the comic, Russian literature. The goal of the project: to determine the specifics of the comic grotesque of F. M. Dostoevsky and to reveal its features in the novel “Demons” by the example of the image of captain Lebyadkin. Methodology: analysis of literary text, description, classification according to the type of grotesque. Results of the work: consideration of such a character as captain Lebyadkin made it possible to reveal the features of the comic grotesque of F. M. Dostoevsky; to determine the functions of the grotesque as an artistic device. Scope of the results: lies in the possibility of using the results of the study to solve practical problems in the field of literary criticism; in the possibility of further application obtained as a result of the study of knowledge in the pre-study; the development of research on the grotesque, as a reception in the works of world literature. Conclusion: it consists in determining the place of the comic grotesque in the work of F. M. Dostoevsky; the existence of the comic grotesque in the novel "Demons" is presented; defined and analyzed the functions of the grotesque in the text of a work of art; features of a comic-grotesque character are revealed.