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

Literary criticism

Discourse Going Into Glamour: Language in V.Pelevin’s Empire V

The latest novel by V. Pelevin is looked into а$ а text centered оп е language, as demonstrated by examination of plot, motive structure, key metaphors and style of the novel. The parallels are suggested between Pelevin's idea of the place аnd function of the language аnd the twentieth-century language philosophy, as well as post-structuralist language concepts. 

The works of М.Е. Saltykov-Shchedrin in magazine obituaries (preliminary notes)

The article substantiates the necessity оn addressing obituaries and asserts the importance of obituaries, memoirs and biographical publications that consolidated people of different esthetic and literary critical persuasions around the пате of М. Е. Saltykov-Shchedrin. 

Memoir element in “Mémoires d’outre-tombe” by F.-R. de Chateaubriand

The article is devoted to memoir part оf «Mémoires d'outre-tombe» by Chateaubriand from the point оn view of writer's self-appraisal and his creative method. We examine historical context used in the book, principles of making public figures аnd literary men's portraits, correlation between е conception of author's «selfs аnd гергеsenting period. Memoir layer reflects the epical originality of е book and becomes the expression о’ the typical romantic idea about person. 

Английская путевая проза и «Письма из Исландии» Одена и Макниса

The articie contains а survey of the tradition of travel narratives in English literature from the ХVI century аn well аn of the current critical concepts of the genre of travels. It offers а perspective оп the state of the genre in the English literature of the 1930-s аnd analyzes W.H. Auden and Louis McNiece's «Letters from lceland» (1937) аs а representative text of е period. This travel book happens to be centered around Auden's major poem of the thirties — «А Letter Lordto Вугоn», hence the analysis is focused оn this poem.,

Lavrentij Zizanij аnd His Book "Besedoslovije”

The article is devoted ю е writer of church Lavrentij Tustanovskij (Zizanij) who has run away from Poland to Moscow under the protection of Patriarch Filaret. in the Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts of the Zonal Scientific Library there is the list of «Katekhizis» compiled by Zizanij, which was renamed by Patriarch into "Весеdesicvie” with е issue of the bock in Moscow. 

The image of Pushkin т N.V. Gogol's epistolary heritage

The artice is devoted to analysis of integral image of A.S. Pushkin found in the letters of N.V. Gogol. The complete Gogol's epistolary heritage is explored to trace the evolution of the peel's image, to define its dominant features аnd features that change depending оп the letter's context. The periods when the image of Pushkin in Gogol's writings can be subjected to integral and unambiguous analysis are also singled out in the article.  

Poetics of the Romantic Drama in the Published works of "Moscow Telegraph"

From the article it becomes clear that the pubiication of works on theorists оf French romanticism in «Moscow Telegraph», issued by N.A. Polevoj, shows the process of deep understanding of rules of new dramatic аnd which occured both in French аnd Russian literatures. Systematic, different by genre, such publications helped the Russian reader to comprehend the experience of romantics, answered their needs to come in touch with the great change in literature, аnd this change was the victory of romanticism over ciassicism. 

French culture in thе context of everyday in the novel of N.G. Chernyshevsky “What is to be done?”

The author researches the problem о thе French culture in the context of social reality referring to the novel of N.G. Chernychevsky «What is to be done?». The author points out the role of the French language in the cultural valuе system of the Russian society during the second half of the 19th century. Analysis of the French culture and language elements helps to realize the importance of the western culture in the formation process of Russian sccial reality of the 19th century. 

Mexican Myth in "The Plumed Serpent’ by D.H. Lawrence

The article considers the nature of myth and symbolism in the most experimental novel by В. Н. Lawrence, «The Plumed Serpent», of which he made а kind of a fable of religious rebirth. The traditional Lawrence’s individual myths take п the novel additionai ideological meanings that condense the models and forms of being аnd correspond to the author’s wish to convey the nature, eternity, the sense of change of epochs and generations. Such understanding of myth's functioning т close to Romanticism. 

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