Criticism

“Dondurei (well, I just want to put “don” as a separate particle!..), the editor-in-chief of a film magazine, the name of which I could never remember, recen...

“The comparison between gold and silver is decided in favor of platinum. But there is too little of it: Shakespeares are rare. Champions in the hundred and t...

“The project to introduce unanimity in Russia is from time to time implemented on a grand scale and with greater success than its sarcastic creator and one o...

“We ourselves didn’t notice how we had practically lost the sphere of the intimate. Intimate is something that is only for two; or for one. It has a special ...

“...When the concept of “culture” is distinguished from “civilization” and even opposed to it, it narrows specifically. In this case, civilization is underst...

“During the seventy-year period of Soviet power in Russia, among other social phenomena, an institution unprecedented in history took place, the very name of...

“First, a quick reference. Before the invention of printing, no one thought about editing texts. Ancient literature was created without the participation of ...

“If a person is brainless, then it doesn’t matter what exactly he applies his brainlessness to - as long as it’s not in medicine...”

“Since literary criticism, like professional criticism in general, is, by its original definition, a fruitless activity; since in world literature it is impo...

“In “The Holiday That Is Always With You” there is a place full of simple mockery where the author seems to sincerely advise a mediocre novelist to become a ...

“The plot of this ballad appeals to the style of Kharms. One critic, who can be called Roman Arbitman and settled in Saratov (no hints about Griboyedov!), de...

Harmful, useful advice for young authors, authors of science fiction and mostly fantasy. On the cover is an illustration by N. Yu. Kudryavtseva for the book ...