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

Literary criticism

Mother-daughter Meta Plot in Russian Women’s Prose

The article deals with the problem of mothers and daughters relationships as one of the central issues in the history of women’s literature. On the basis of the comparative analysis of women’s texts of different historic and literary epochs, some general tendencies in its representation are identified, which are important from the point of view of researching women’s writing and aesthetics.

The Semantics of the Blood Motif in B. Okudzhava’s Novel «A Date with Bonaparte»

In the article the main semantic components of the blood motif are revealed in the novel «A Date with Bonaparte» by B. Okudzhava; the peculiarity of the lyrical and philosophical narrative of B. Okudzhava is researched.

RUSSIAN REVIEWS ABOUT MARGERIT YURSENAR

The article offers a history of the publication of translations of M. Jursenar's works into Russian since 1984 and systematizes the assessments and approaches to the work of the French writer, which have been developing in parallel in domestic criticism.

 

SPACE-TEMPORARY STRUCTURE OF THE ROMAN V. NABOKOV "ADA, OR PASSION OF PASSION"

In the article, based on the analysis of the motives of "water", "electricity" and "mirror," the spatial-temporal structure of Nabokov's novel "Hell, or Joy of Passion" is considered. The key element of the text is also the intertextual links with L. Carroll's fairy tale "Alice in the Looking-Glass" and M. Proust's novel "Towards Svan", indicating a way of interpreting the novel world, its space-time structure and ontological status.

Mass Media Manipulation Techniques as a Subject of Literary Reflection in V. Pelevin’s Prose of 2010s

The article analyzes the features of media discourse of the literary reflection in V. Pelevin’s novels Zenith Codex’s of Al-Efesbi and S.N.U.F.F. Media technologies are considered as a theme and as a technique on the plot, structure, and intertextual levels.

O. F. Miller on the Oeuvre of A. K. Sheller-Mikhailov

The article considers features of the critical literary approach to the oeuvre of one of the most popular Russian authors of the second half of the XIXth century represented in a forgotten work by a prominent Russian philologist dedicated to the jubilee of the writer.

Antique Tradition in the «Cold Odes» by M. Amelin

The article dwells upon the antiquity as one of the most important components M. Amelin’s poetry. The Russian contemporary poet and well-known interpreter of Pindar’s and Catullus’s poems, Maxim Amelin is known for his passion for the classical culture which as well as the Russian verse tradition of the XVIII century is a basis of his creative work. The article analyses the specifics of the poetic theory and practice of Horace in the first Amelin’s book «Cold Odes».

Art in the Life and Oeuvre of Arthur Schnitzler

In the article the attitude of the Austrian writer A. Schnitzler to oeuvre and art is considered on the material of diaries and letters, the two main provisions of the concept of the author (oeuvre as therapy and a work of art as a commodity) are distinguished; their reflection in the author’s prose works is shown.

Women’s Poetry On the Pages of N. M. Karamzin’s Almanac Aonides

The article regards poems published in N. M. Karamzin’s Almanac
Aonides that were written by women: N. I. Starova (A. P. Svinyina),
A. M. Magnitskaya, E. P. Svinyina, E. V. Kheraskova, E. S. Yrusova.
Problem matter and poetics of these works are analyzed against the
background of historic, literary and cultural processes of the turn
of the XVIII–IXth centuries: the interaction of movements, genres,
formation of the authorship category, formation of a unique image of

«And yet you are Ermolai»: Cherry Orchard by A. P. Skaftymov

Reflecting on the place of one of the main characters of A. P. Chekhov’s comedy “Cherry Orchard”, Ermolai Lopakhin, in the life and oeuvre of A. P. Skaftymov, the author shares his observations on the delicate inner link that exists between the object of close literary focus and complex life collisions of the scientist himself.

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