MŁODOŚĆ I STAROŚĆ W RELACJI PACJENT – LEKARZ SZPITALA PSYCHIATRYCZNEGO. NA PODSTAWIE WYBRANYCH PRZYKŁADÓW NAJNOWSZEJ PROZY ROSYJSKIEJ

Abstract

The text comments about the relationship between doctor and patient of psychiatric hospital as shown in selected modern Russian fiction. This topic, that has been present in Russian literature since the 19th century, being a vital component of mental illness theme, is even more valid nowadays. The analysis of the discussed novels leads to the conclusion, that age plays no significant role in depicting the above-mentioned relationship. Furthermore, regarding “youth” and “old age” as a pair of predicates, it confirms the thesis on continuous (either consciously or unconsciously) positive doctor- and negative patient-presentation.