Abstract. The article is devoted to the analysis of the concept of duality in the prose of Fyodor Sologub, an outstanding representative of Russian symbolism, reflecting the dualism of personality and the world in the conflict between vulgar reality and transcendent ideal. The relevance of the study is conditioned by the significance of the motif of duality in Russian symbolism as a reflection of the conflict between reality and ideal, especially in the work of Fyodor Sologub, where children's images enrich the metaphysical dualism. The article is aimed at revealing the symbolism and meaning of dualism in the novels “Petty Devil”, “The Legend of Creation” and short stories (“Light and Shadows”, “The Sting of Death”, “Earthly Earth”, “Lelka”, “Christmas Boy”, ‘Yelkich’, “Navi Charms”, “Consolation”). The leading approach is structuralism (Bakhtin), psychoanalysis (Freud, Jung, Lacan) and intertextual analysis linking Sologub with St. Petersburg myth and the Hoffmann tradition. The article reveals the evolution of duality from romantic opposition to gnostic protest, reveals the role of children as mediators between worlds through the symbols of shadows, mirrors, nature and fire, and substantiates the influence of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. A connection with St. Petersburg myth and carnivalism is established. The materials of the article deepen the understanding of Symbolist poetics and open perspectives for analyzing the split in contemporary literature (Pelevin) and visual culture (Vrubel)
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