The Ideological Structure of V. M. Shukshin’s Short Story “Inscape”

The story "Inscape" discussed in this article is associated both with the writer's works of fiction and his epistolary publicist speeches. programmatic “Questions to myself”, written same year as “Inscape”, raises a sensitive for Shukshin issue influence urban, virtually philistine culture on rural one. To mind problem that city drains various kinds “cultural surrogate” into village. “Inscape” goes about urban fashion designers who include deliberately provocative element show – demonstration beach outfit. They seek impose pseudo-culture village name establishing modern uninhibited relations. Like many Shukshin’s characters late sixties early seventies, main character whom cynicism townspeople was unacceptable at first, eventually succumbs temptation.