The Forms of Self-Perception and Perception of the World in Andrei Bely's "Kotik Letaev"

The first chapter is devoted to the analysis of the first stage of a child's life, which includes the emergence of the hero's consciousness, the formation of corporeality, the formation of his consciousness. Much attention is paid to the dichotomy of chaotic and cosmic principles, the importance of mythological and chthonic ideas for the hero. The analysis of the first years of Kitty's life in the apartment is carried out. In the second chapter, attention is focused on the social side of Kitty's life: the formation of the inner world under the influence of the immediate environment, the allocation of language as a means of communication, the child's non-verbal methods of communication, as well as the dynamics of consciousness and the expansion of the boundaries of the world. Particular attention is paid to the hero's crisis and the attempt to save him from him by crucifixion.