"POETRY" VS. "LITERATURE": DRAGOMOSHCHENKO' S TAUTOLOGIES.

The article offers criticism on poems from the 2011 collection "Tavtologiia" ("Tautology"), by Russian author Arkady Dragomoshchenko, including "Ludwig Josef Johann," "Izobrazhenie plantatsii" ("Picture of a Plantation"), and "Meleiushchie veshchi" ("Shoaling things"). The author analyzes the difference between poetry and literature and discusses themes of comprehension and understanding in Dragomoshchenko's poetry. Specific topics include philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein and Walter Benjamin.