Literary criticism

The attitude of Chernyshevsky to the work of Lermontov throughout his life is considered. Attention is given to the evolution from the religious and moral context of Chernyshevsky's perception of personality and the poet's works in the student years to prevailing in his assessments of political motives.

The article emphasizes how the participation in Russkoye Slovo impacted the writer’s creative personality, mindset, spiritual and moral as well as aesthetic notions being formed. The writer was in the center of the literary events of the 1860s and he held responsible posts at the editorial board.

The article deals with the problem of the interpretation of an author’s identity in correlation with the literary actuality (symbolism, poetic ideology of the Apollon journal) and the universal poetic canon (Pushkin). We analyze the forms of poetic self-identification used by the young poet in formation (Marina Tsvetayeva), the mentor – disciple relationship between Voloshin and Tsvetayeva, and ways in which Tsvetayeva transforms the Pushkin myth in the process of creating her individual poetics.

In the article the image of the governess Sharlotta Ivanovna, a character from Vishneviy Sad (The Cherry Orchard), is analyzed. The motives of the play realized in the text are key to understanding the character. The story of creation and the stage fate of Sharlotta Ivanovna are also considered in the article.