Izvestiya of Saratov University.
Philology. Journalism
ISSN 1817-7115 (Print)
ISSN 2541-898X (Online)

Literary criticism

Alain Robbe-Grillet: Jealousy in a labyrinth of signs and structures

The article is dedicated to the analysis of the best books of a renowned French writer on the background of the birth of the last vivid literary trend in the French literature of the XXth century – the New Novel, one of the outstanding representatives of which was A. Robbe-Grillet. This article comprises historical and literary commentary and, where necessary, short analysis of the most significant features of the writer’s style.

E.P. Lyutsenko in Receptive History of «Division of Land» («Die Teilung der Erde») by F. Shiller

In this article reveals the facts of the history of Russian translational perception of F. Shiller’s poem “Land Division” («Die Teilung der Erde») from 1805 to 2008. Nine Russian translations from different periods of Russian literature are successively compared to the original; literary traditions of the epoch of the translation and the stages of the Russian translation theory are disclosed. Particular attention is dedicated to the translation made by E.P. Lyutsenko as to the first Russian translator of this poem.

Theatrical Fate of One Comedy («Brigadier» by D.I. Fonvizin in Russian Theatre)

The article presents the theatrical fate of the first Russian original drama piece – the comedy «Brigadier» by D.I. Fonvizin. There is an attempt to analyze the interpretation potential of the literary work in question.

Peculiarities of Autobiographical Narration in F.M. Dostoyevsky’s Novel «Idiot»

In memories-impressions of the main character of the novel «Idiot» on the Swiss nature, the tin cross and the condition before attacks of epilepsy the mechanism of mingling past with present based on the internal logic of hero’s subconsciousness is traced. External events are only a certain external impulse activating and provoking the work of thought, connecting the events of external life with those of spiritual life, which allows to estimate past events from the point of view of the present and actually is a way of mastering the reality.

Game Strategies in V. Nabokov’s Lectures on Literature

The article analyzes the literary game and narrative strategies in V. Nabokov’s Lecture Discourse. The results allow us to believe that Nabokov has used the fictional methods in his Lectures. The correlation of Subject and Object of creativity allows us to speak about Lecture Discourse as an artistic integrity.

Three Time-planes of London in «The House of Doctor Dee» by Peter Ackroyd

The article studies the image of London and explores its main characteristics in the novel by a contemporary British postmodernist P. Ackroyd.

ESSAY JOHN FOULZA ABOUT THOMAS HARDY

On the material of two essays by John Fowles dedicated to the great English late Victorian novelist Thomas Hardy, features and evolution of the creative manner of the Fowles-essayist are considered.

"SELECTED PLACES FROM CORRESPONDENCE WITH FRIENDS" Gogol: The Idea of Service and the Poetics of Her Accomplishment

The main semantic components of the motive of the ministry are revealed, its role in the plot and composition of "Selected places from correspondence with friends", the transformation of the image of the author-preacher into the personified, multifaceted image of the "good Christian".

Formation of Stage Direction System of the First Plays of Russian Drama. «The Comedy of Artaxerxes» and «Judith» by Johann Gregory

Stage directions of the first plays of Russian drama in many respects are directed towards the understanding of ritual actions of the court culture. But at the same time they are forming a ramified system of non-verbal actions designation. J.G. Gregory’s plays «The Comedy of Artaxerxes» and «Judith», having absorbed in themselves the originality of national notions about theatricality and principles of European stage performances, demonstrated how swiftly the dramatic art was mastering functional and plot-related opportunities of stage direction descriptiveness.

A Traumatic Modality: the City in Herta Müller’s «Reisende auf einem Bein»

The material of the novel of the modern German writer Hertha Muller, not translated into Russian, examines the relationship between the principles of representation of traumatized consciousness and the principles of representation of urban space in a postmodern novel, reveals their inner relationship.

Pages