Consider a word that is very rarely used. But football fans should remember him, because it is one of the most remarkable victories in the history of Russian sports that is associated with him. It's about phantasmagoria. What is it, we will analyze today.
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As always in such cases, we take an explanatory dictionary. Our happiness is that the word is not newfangled, so there is certainly a phantasmagoria in it. Our indispensable helper defines a noun as follows: "Bizarre delusional vision."
To make it clear, we need specific examples. There is no shortage of them. Our reality is completely absurd and phantasmagoric. But let’s not talk about the sick, we’ll better talk about the beautiful, about literature. So, Pelevin’s work is quite suitable for illustrating the concept (“The Life of Insects” or “Chapaev and the Void”), “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll, the work of N. V. Gogol. It also seems that “Big Fish” (film and novel) is a phantasmagoria.
Science Fiction and Phantasmagoria
For a person who is not too dedicated in subtlety, the words seem almost identical, but we will not fall for the bait of their similarity. It seems that science fiction is when something completely miraculous, but quite normal, happens. For example, a man conquers Everest. It is clear that this is a stamp, but in each case it is fantastic. The question begs: phantasmagoria - what is it? When fiction interferes with delirium, an object of study arises. Remaining in the space of literary examples, it is easiest to explain the difference between one and the other. For example, we know the classic examples of science fiction - these are the works of Jules Verne, Herbert Wells. Now compare the "Invisible Man" and the "Transformation" of Franz Kafka, feel the difference? Although there and there the reader is not offered the most realistic events in the world.
Match France - Russia and the prose of Boris Viana
If those who saw this game are woken up now and ask for an account, they will say without hesitation: “3: 2 in favor of Russia!” It was in France, at the Stade de France stadium. When our players scored the third goal for the French, the then commentator of the match, Viktor Gusev, uttered the word “phantasmagoria”, and it was something unforgettable. No one could believe what was happening on the field. Did Russia play inimitably, or did France underestimate the opponent? One way or another, the stars came together, and we saw a miracle that for the opposite side seemed like nightmare and delirium. Yes, and Russian fans, too, after all, France was the reigning world champion at that time. The game of our team proves that phantasmagoria is something possible, and most importantly, not always scary and terrible. Yes, the social reality of Russia is often bizarre and absurd, but even we have real holidays.
Those who are not close to football can be advised to read Boris Vian's prose (“Foam of the Days” or “Red Grass”). You can’t call her fantastic, realistic either. She perfectly illustrates the object of our study. And most importantly, Viana’s works are excellent literature.
So, we examined the meaning of the word "phantasmagoria." We hope it was not boring, because the subject of the conversation does not imply this.