THE IMAGE OF BREAD AS A SYMBOLIC DETAIL IN A. SOLZHENITSYN’S EPOPEE “THE RED WHEEL”
The article is devoted to the symbolically narrative aspect of A. Solzhenitsyn’s epopee “The Red Wheel”. The object of research is the image of bread , loaded with historical and ontological meanings. These meanings aim to depict the decay of the Russian national world. The word bread , in most cases used by Solzhenitsyn in his epopee in its direct meaning, has a concrete historical significance, since it is associated with the bread situation that took place on the eve of the revolution and after it .Historicism is mainly represented “In August 1914” and “November 1917” through the image of the bread noose. It reflects the situation of the bread crisis, one of the tragic milestones of the February Revolution. The metaphysical aspect comes to the foreground in “March 1917” and is related to the image of the bread line. In the system of characters from “The Red Wheel”, this image is inseparable from the demon heroes. It marks the intense flow of black, infernal force, aroused by revolutionary events. According to the writer’s worldview, this flow speeded the spin of the deconstructive red wheel and facilitated the destruction of Russian civilization.