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

Literary criticism

XIXth Century Image in B. Okudzhava’s Poetry: to the Question of the Motif Correlation in the Writer’s Poetic and Prosaic Texts

The article reveals problematic and thematic correlation and associative links that appear on the motif level between B. Okudzhava’s prose and poetry within the framework of the Decembrist problem range.

The Role of Writer’s Spiritual Vision in his Works: а Case Study of Literary Criticism Articles by V. P. Polonsky

The article presents the analysis of interconnections between the writer’s individual perception of the world and the development of his writing style. It also defines the mutual penetration spheres of social and individual components of the writer’s spiritual vision.

Vladimir Nabokov, the Author of Don Quixote

The article analyzes the metareflection on Cervantes’s Don Quixote in Nabokov’s Lectures, draws an analogy between Nabokov’s Despair, Pnin and Cervantes’s Don Quixote. Such a form of Nabokov’s literary criticism as playing Don Quixote is considered.

Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained: on the Acts of Christian Missionaries in the Works by Epiphanius the Wise and Nikolai Leskov («The Life of Stephan of Perm» and «On the Edge of the World»)

The article is dedicated to the analysis of the category of spiritual and physical «risk» in the works of the Russian writers of different epochs – from the medieval «life» to the XIXth century novel. They are united by the analysis of the inner state and outward dangers awaiting the missionaries of the Christian faith among pagans.

Irish Sagas as a National Prototype of the Modern English Short Story

In the article Irish sagas are analyzed as a source defining national originality of the development of the short story genre in Great Britain. Specific aesthetic features of the sagas, allowing to consider them the short story predecessors, are revealed through the prism of oral and written tradition synthesis.

«A Part of Speech». To the Question of the Author Translation

In the article the comparative analysis of the original Russian po‑ ems from the cycle «A Part of Speech» by Joseph Brodsky and their author translations is given. The aim of the analysis is to reveal those principles which J. Brodsky used at the early stage of his author translations.

Ye. P. Lyutsenko Epic Experiments: To the Problem of the Pre-Romantic Historicism

Such epic experiments of Ye. P. Lyutsenko as «Cheslav», «Burivoy and Ylmila» are analyzed in the article; their sources are established, they are «The Russian Primary Chronicle», «Joachim’s Chronicle»; the peculiarity of the pre-Romantic historicism is revealed.

GERMANY IN THE CONSTELLATION OF RUSSIAN SYMBOLISM (ON THE PAGES OF THE "WEIGHT" MAGAZINE 1904 - 1909).

The article reveals a meaningful picture of the perception of the image of Germany, German culture and literature in the pages of the journal "Libra" 1904-1909, which was a real "academy of Russian symbolism."

Turgenev and Symbolists: to the Issue of the Artistic Experience Impact of Turgenev as a Novelist. Article 1: the Plot and Overplot in Turgenev’s Novel Smoke

The object of analysis in the article is the multidimensional structure of Turgenev’s novel Smoke and the ways of ‘overplot’ formation, ‘double perspective’ of the plot lines: allusions, symbolic motives and images, color narration. The author assumes that the artistic experience of Turgenev as a novel writer allows to see the genesis of some signature elements in the poetics of the symbolist novel.

Poetics of Play in the Theatre Piece «Lickspittle» by I. Ilf, E. Petrov, M. Volpin

The article researches the play poetics of the theatre piece «Lickspittle» by I. Ilf, E. Petrov, M. Volpin on the level of the plot, characters, literary reminiscences, language humor. Functions of the co-authors’ play strategy are identified, such as achieving the synthesis of satire and vaudeville principles and the techniques of text structure. The link between «Lickspittle» and the novel by I. Ilf and E. Petrov «The Golden Calf» is revealed.

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