, HERMENEUTIC INTERPRETATION OF K. PAUSTOVSKY’S AESTHETICS OF NATURE // BSU bulletin. Philosophy. - 2019. №3. . - С. 55-61.

HERMENEUTIC INTERPRETATION OF K. PAUSTOVSKY’S AESTHETICS OF NATURE

DOI: 10.18101/1994-0866-2019-3-55-61 UDK: 7.011

The article deals with the hermeneutic approach to the analysis of K. Paustovsky’s aesthet- ics of nature. We have applied H.-G. Gadamer’s hermeneutic aesthetics to interpretation of the writer's works. Three philosophies are taken as a basis: the first is Kant’s and Gada- mer’s aesthetic theory about genius and perception of appreciation, the second concerns the comparison of a natural masterpiece and a masterpiece in art, the third is Gadamer's famous postulate about productive prejudices and involvement in the cultural and historical tradi- tion. We widely illustrate the theoretical propositions with quotes from K. Paustovsky’s works. The main literary source is "Meshcherskaya Storona". As a result of the hermeneu- tical interpretation of the writer’s aesthetics of nature, we have come to the conclusion about the dialectical balance and aesthetic self-worth of natural landscape and verbal land- scape. And also we have stated the heuristic significance of K. Paustovsky’s natural philos- ophy in the context of modernity.

hermeneutic interpretation; aesthetics of nature; aesthetic theory; perception of appreciation; natural masterpiece; productive prejudices; works of art; landscape; cultural and historical tradition; natural philosophy.