Izvestiya of Saratov University.
Philology. Journalism
ISSN 1817-7115 (Print)
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Literary criticism

Symbolism of Islands in Literary Texts

The paper focuses on the features of an island as geographical and literary space, as a historical and cultural context for the formation of individual and national identity. Being a brief overview of some of the works of Western scholars, it’s an attempt to identify the literary potential of the island. The paper analyzes the reasons why the island may become a place of revelation and spiritual rebirth, be subjected to mythologizing, and reveal through symbols some deep psychological mechanisms inherent in man.

A. A. Ugrimov – the Critic of the First and Second Version of the «Nobel Lecture» of A. I. Solzhenitsyn

In the article the author addresses an unknown page in the life and ouevre of A. I. Solzhenitsyn associated with the criticism of the first and second versions of the text of his «Nobel lecture», which, at the request of the writer, was made by his associate and friend A. A. Ugrimov.

The Problem of «Feminine Style» in Literary Criticism (Gender Aspect)

The paper formulates methodological principles of the gender component identification in the process of the artistic image analysis. It clarifies the scope of the notions «feminine style» and «feminine literature». The focus is on such a specific feature of feminine writing as gender «bilingualism». The latter is interpreted as a basis for the gradually emerging feminine dominance in contemporary culture.

The Image of Troy in Peter Ackroyd’s Novel «the Fall of Troy»

The article examines the way Peter Ackroyd first creates and then destroys the image of Troy in the novel with the help of the motifs of eternity and element, as well as through the images of the characters and their perception.

The Image of the Artist in «The Prince in the Theatre» by A. Schnitzler

The article studies the genre of the «Künstlernovelle» drawing on the short story The Prince in the Theatre by Arthur Schnitzler, the Austrian author of the turn of the XIX century. The images of artists are central to the writing of this author. This short story presents the type of a tired, aging, minor artist, who had wasted his talent in vain, the type that the author was very interested in.

To the Problem of the City Image in Postmodern Literature

The image of the city often becomes a subject of literary studies. The article aims at expanding the issue of urbanism poetics and city influence in literature. The author investigates key aspects of the city as a socio-cultural phenomenon with the help of the works by Western and American urban theorists.

Self-interpretation and the Search of the «Inner Person» in «Selected Passages from the Correspondence with Friends» by N. V. Gogol

This paper is based on self-interpretation analysis of «Selected passages from correspondence with friends» by N. V. Gogol and shows that the dialectics of the religious and the aesthetic in the discourse of confession about oneself is associated with the author’s concept of «inner» person.

Unconscious Forms of Author’s Presence in N.V. Gogol’s «The Inspector-General»

On the basis of the comedy «The Inspector-General» a wide range of the undisclosed, unpremeditated forms of the author’s presence in Gogol’s plays.

RUSSIA AND NAPOLEON IN THE POT OF GOGOL "DEAD SOUL"

The belonging of the Dead Souls to the genre of the epic (ancient and medieval) poem about wars and wanderings (including the world beyond the grave) is the original author's installation, and not only Chichikov's "Adventures", but also the military theme in its various aspects is an immanent component text. Chichikov - the bearer of an alien, non-Russian mentality, invading Russian realities, and therefore the parallel between Chichikov and Napoleon is consistently carried through the entire text of the poem.

Genre and Style Peculiarities of I. G. Ehrenburg’s Cycle Six Novels with Easy Endings

The article presents the characterization of one of the least researched texts from the body of I. G. Ehrenburg’s prose texts – Six novels with Easy Endings. The features of this work are analyzed in connection with the context of the literary controversy of the 1920s, which predetermined the author’s creative endeavors.

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