Analyzing psychological chronotope in V.G. Rasputin's short novel “Farewell to Matyora”

in the story “Farewell to Matyora” Rasputin builds a psychological chronotope of characters, psychological chronotope is a space-time continuum of the protagonist and the narrator; psychological chronotope is constructed by time, space, existence, events, consciousness and subconsciousness, which determines the characterization of the narrator or hero, his psychological portrait and outlook on life. The psychological chronotope in the story “Farewell to Matyora” blurs the boundaries between life and death, and the multidimensional connection between the worlds of the living and the dead connects local space with another dimension, reconnecting the time of a person's fate with the order of the world. The fantasies, dreams, memories and intuition of the characters of the psychological chronotope bring their consciousness closer to the universal truths of the natural universe, which are connected with Orthodox Christianity, personal memories and memories of ancestors, and mystical insights into the unity of life and death. The psychological chronotope in the story “Farewell to Matyora” enhances the mystery of the narrative and gives it an allegorical flavor.

V.G. Rasputin, “Farewell to Matyora”, psychological chronotope, time, space