Sny oświeconych o szczęśliwym społeczeństwie (z zawartości czasopism rosyjskich drugiej połowy XVIII – początku XIX wieku)

Abstract

The article presents the literary descriptions of dreams, which were published in the Russian periodicals of the Enlightenment period: 1. The happy society: a dream by Alexander Sumarokov (“Trudolubivaya pchela”, 1759), 2. A dream by Sergey Domashnev (“Poleznoye uveselenye”, 1761), 3. A dream by Ivan Bakhtin, A dream by Timofey Voskresensky and A dream by Ivan Trunin (“Irtysh, prevrashchaiushchiisia v Ippokrenu”, 1789–1790). The works present an image of a good ruler, a happy society and an educational role of poetry.