Implicit archetypal predicates and their implementation in the sketch story “At Rest” by P. D. Khvoshchinskaya

The purpose of this study is to identify the specific functioning of the trickster and Kore archetypes as the primary system-forming elements implementing the binary opposition “us” vs. “them” in P. D. Khvo-shchinskaya’s sketch story “At Rest”. The article analyzes the implicit concepts of TREE, MIRROR, BOWL, FLOWERS, and NAIL, which form the locus of Nikolai Grigorievich’s home as the contextual basis of the story’s artistic reality. The image of Elena Pavlovna, as the embodiment of the concept of “them” introduced by Yuri Lotman, is examined in light of C. G. Jung’s theory of archetypes and analyzed as an embodiment of the trickster archetype. The character of Alexandra Stepanovna embodies the traits of the Kore (maiden) archetype identified by K. Kerényi. The process of her transformation is also demonstrated according to A. van Gennep’s tripartite model, which includes desocialization, the liminal stage, and the stage of resocialization. The research’s scientific novelty lies in its examination of the trickster and Kore archetypes, which, coexisting in a single artistic reality, distort the world around them. The study establishes that the story’s heroines embody the trickster and Kore archetypes. This conceptual system shapes the locus of Nikolai Grigorievich’s home as a closed space, actualizing the concept of the STRANGER, embodied by Elena Pavlovna.