Kholodkov V. Person, nature, world in the works of F. Iskander.

The object of research is the works by F. Iscander: novel "Sandro from Chegem", philosophical fairy-tale "Rabbits and boas", story "Сonstellation of goatauroch", story "Sea Scorpion", cycle of short stories about Сhick and also short stories and interviews of different periods. The aim of the thesis is determination of the most essential peculiarities of human, nature, world conception in the works by F. Iscander. Methods: descriptive-analytical, intertextual, cultural and historical, mythological. The research indicates that the works by F. Iskander contain an integral and consistent concept of human, nature and the world. The artistic world of these works is clearly divided into "folk" or "natural" and "state", and the inhabitants of these worlds are also opposed. Nature is very important for a "natural" person and it is a peculiar measure of morality in the works by F. Iskander. "Natural" moral principles form a special "folk's" view of the world and determine the specifics of the narrative strategies and the irony of the author. The author's worldview determines the specificity of historiosophy in his works. The historical concept by F. Iskander in many respects is close to the historiosophy by L. Tolstoy, but differs by a more radical character, because it is characterized by pessimism and denial of state history. The history in the works by F. Iskander is presented as a collection of myths. In this study we have considered such variations of historical and cultural myths as the myth of revolution, the myths of Stalin and Lenin, Petrine myth, the myth of enemy, the myth of art. At the same time, F. Iskander creates his own myth of Chegem, describing the history of the mountain village throughout the twentieth century. The Chegem myth embodies the author's ideal of natural life, subordinated not to state institutions, but to common sense. The sphere is educational process.