G.O. Vinokurʼs “New Class Approach”. A Possible Model for A.P. Platonovʼs Poetic Language?

The peculiar language use in Andrei Platonovʼs “mature” oeuvre substantially differs from the language used in the authorʼs earlier works and from other linguistic innovations in early 20th-century Russian (experimental) literature. It is unclear why Platonov decided to adopt this peculiar writing style or what made him choose this innovative way of writing to achieve his poetic goals and to express his views and thoughts. The article aims to explore whether Grigorii Vinokurʼs programmatic texts on “language building” that appeared in LEF in 1923 ('The Futurists - Constructors of Language' and 'On Revolutionary Phraseology') may have inspired Platonov when searching for his own artistic voice.