scholarly journals Заметки о дантовских подтекстах и параллелях в русской литературе первой половины XX века [Some Notes on Datean Quotations and Allusions in Russian Literature of the First Half of the 20th Century]

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 326-339
Author(s):  
Georgy Levinton
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Dante Alighieri ◽  
Vladimir Nabokov ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Initial Part ◽  
Boris Pasternak ◽  
The Gift ◽  
Previously Treated ◽  
In Memoriam

This is the initial part of a larger project consisting of several separate papers. This particular paper has two parts. 1. “No Crumbs on the Table-Cloth” (a line of Pasternak’s poem) claims that a crumb motive in an early version of the poem by Boris Pasternak “Piry” (1913) reflects the initial paragraph of Dante’s Convivio with its bread metaphor (Conv. I.i.7, 10–11). Some other examples of similar echoes are quoted. 2. “The Motherland’s Shoulders” discusses the metaphor shoulders of a mountain, which can be found in a couplet by Koncheyev—a fictional poet from Vladimir Nabokov’s Dar (The Gift, 1936—37 / 1952). This metaphor was previously treated as a quote from Mandelstam’s poem “Zverinets” (1915), but here both cases (and, probably, some additional examples) are seen to go back to the same metaphor in Inf. I, 16 (where it means summit rather than mountainside) and numerous translations of Inferno into English. Keywords: 20th-Century Russian Literature, Boris Pasternak (1890—1960), “Piry” (1913 / 1928), Vladimir Nabokov (1899—1977), Dar (1936—37 / 1952), Dante Alighieri (c. 1265—1321), Allusion, In memoriam: Larisa Georgievna Stepanova (1941—2009).

scholarly journals THE GOSPEL TRADITION OF NUMBER SYMBOLISM IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY RUSSIAN POETRY

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 328-362
Author(s):  
Ludmila Mnich
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
Boris Pasternak ◽  
Number Symbolism ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Zinaida Gippius

The article discusses the issues of studying and interpreting number symbolism in a literary work and characteristics of gospel number symbolism in the Christian context. In 20th-century Russian literature, the Christian tradition had a decisive impact on shaping the meaning of number symbolism. An important feature of the Christian symbolism of numbers is the correlation of number symbolism with two spheres, which can be designated as “positive” (sacral) and “negative” (sinful). The author proposes a methodology for interpreting number symbolism, which comprises three stages: 1) a description of the numbers in a literary text, 2) the correlation of these numbers with the tradition of number symbolism, 3) the interpretation of the meaning of number symbolism, which is an integral part of literary work. The article also distinguishes between two concepts — that of the number image and of the image of number, and substantiates the differences in interpretation of such images. Theoretical notions are supported by the interpretation of number symbolism in the poems of Boris Pasternak, Zinaida Gippius and Alexander Blok, where it is presented explicitly. Other images, motifs and concepts presented in the literary works augmented and added complexity to the tradition of gospel number symbolism in the poems of these authors.

scholarly journals Из Именного указателя к «Записным книжкам» Ахматовой: Итальянцы [From an Index to Anna Akhmatova’s _Notebooks_: Italians]

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 363-376
Author(s):  
Roman Timenchik
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
In Memoriam ◽  
Anna Akhmatova

This article is yet another installment in the series of Roman Timenchik’s annotations to Anna Akhmatova’s Notebooks (see also three previous volumes of Slavica Revalensia). This particular installment concerns two Italians mentioned in Akhmatova’s notes: Bruno Carnevali (1924—1990) and Carlo Riccio (1932—2011). Keywords: 20th-Century Russian Literature, Anna Akhmatova (1889—1966), Annotations, Notebooks (1958—1966), In memoriam: Larisa Georgievna Stepanova (1941—2009).

scholarly journals Еще раз об андерсеновском следе в романе В. Набокова «Король, дама, валет» [Once Again on Hans Christian Andersen’s Presence in Vladimir Nabokov’s Novel _Korol’, dama, valet_ (_King, Queen, Knave_)]

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 80-93
Author(s):  
Olga Proskurova-Timofeeva
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Vladimir Nabokov ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Russian Novel ◽  
Hans Christian Andersen ◽  
History Of ◽  
Press History ◽  
History Of Literature

This article is an inquiry into the possible origin of the title of Vladimir Nabokov’s second Russian novel King, Queen, Knave (Korol’, dama, valet, 1928). It proves a long-forgotten hypothesis that the title’s likely source is a lesser-known fairy-tale by Hans Christian Andersen, published in several translations into Russian in Berlin and Riga émigré newspapers at the very end of the 1920s. KEYWORDS: 20th-Century Russian Literature, Vladimir Nabokov (1899—1977), Korol’, dama, valet (1928), Hans Christian Andersen (1805—1875), Russian émigré Press, History of Literature.

scholarly journals «Косящий бег» (Петрарка — Мандельштам — Петрарка) [“The Scything Run”: Petrarch—Mandel’shtam—Petrarch]

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 340-362
Author(s):  
Nikita Okhotin
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Word Choice ◽  
Osip Mandel'shtam ◽  
In Memoriam

The article offers a list of possible iconographic subtexts of Osip Mandel’shtam’s translation of the beginning of Petrarch’s sonnet CCCXIX («I dì miei più leggier che nes(s)un cervo / Fuggir come ombra, et non vider più bene / Ch’un batter d’occhio, et poche hore serene, / Ch’amare et dolci ne la mente servo»). The most likely visual source shaping the word choice of Mandel’shtam’s translation (“Promchalis’ dni moi — kak by olenei / Kosiashchii beg. Srok schast’ia byl koroche, / Chem vzmakh resnitsy. Iz poslednei mochi / Ia v gorst’ zazhal lish’ pepel naslazhdenii”) is the tradition of depicting Time as an old man driving a chariot propelled by a couple of deer in editions of Petrarch’s Triumphs (I Trionfi, 1357—74), which Mandel’shtam possibly knew. Keywords: 20th-Century Russian Literature, Osip Mandel’shtam (1891—1938), Petrarch (1304—74), Il Canzoniere, Translation, Illustration, Iconographic Subtext, In memoriam: Larisa Georgievna Stepanova (1941—2009).

scholarly journals Итальянские мотивы в поэме Пушкина «Анджело» [Italian Motifs in Pushkin’s Poem _Andzhelo_]

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 289-302
Author(s):  
Alexander Dolinin
Keyword(s):  
William Shakespeare ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Dante Alighieri ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Measure For Measure ◽  
In Memoriam

Pushkin’s poem Andzhelo (1833) is based on the plot of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure (1623). However, Pushkin changed the location from Vienna to “happy Italy,” and the article offers some explanations of the change. Besides the location and names of characters, the poem has no Italian ethnographic details but instead includes several allusions to Dante absent in Shakespeare. It seems that through them Pushkin amalgamated Dante and Shakespeare, providing an intertextual substitute for the Italian couleur locale. Keywords: 19th-Century Russian Literature, Alexander Pushkin (1799—1837), Andzhelo (1833), Dante Alighieri (c. 1265—1321), William Shakespeare (1564—1616), Italy, Allusion, In memoriam: Larisa Georgievna Stepanova (1941—2009).

scholarly journals Profesor Marian Walczak (1923–2020)* In memoriam

2020 ◽  
pp. 187-197
Author(s):  
Witold Chmielewski
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
History Of Education ◽  
Academic Activity ◽  
Teachers Union ◽  
Nazi Occupation ◽  
History Of ◽  
In Memoriam

Presenting Prof. Marian Walczak’s achievements concentrated on the field of Polish Teachers’ Union and the history of education. The presentation of Prof. Marian Walczak’s biography and achievements in all fields of his rich academic activity, especially in the scope of the history of Polish Teachers’ Union, underground teaching, the activity of high schools and education as well as the martyrdom of Polish teachers during the Nazi occupation. Moreover, the results of the professor’s research into the history of Polish education after WWII have also been presented. The achievements of Prof. Marian Walczak were significant. He is remembered by posterity for his activity in the history of Polish Teachers’ Union and the history of education in the 20th century.

scholarly journals The “Big Twenties” in the History of Russian Literature of the 20th Century: to the Сentenary of the Magazine Krasnaya Nov

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-316
Author(s):  
Alexey Yu. Ovcharenko
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Literary Process ◽  
History Of

The review article presents various views on the periodization of Russian literature in the 1920s and 1930s and provides arguments in favor of new, refined approaches to the boundaries of the period. Particularly noteworthy are the works of those authors who point to the need for an expanded understanding of the twenties. The concept of the Big Twenties is of particular value in connection with the centenary of the magazine Krasnaya Nov , which made a significant contribution to the literary process of that time.

scholarly journals «Военные рассказы» М. Кузмина: Попытка реинтерпретации [Toward the Reinterpretation of Mikhail Kuzmin’s _War Stories_]

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Pakhomova
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Short Fiction ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Unsuccessful Attempt ◽  
Literary Reputation ◽  
Mikhail Kuzmin ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Interpretation ◽  
History Of Literature ◽  
War Stories

The article analyzes War Stories (Voennye rasskazy, 1915) by Mikhail Kuzmin and offers a new interpretation of the book’s pragmatics. Most students of War Stories have not treated this collection in much detail, mainly seeing it as Kuzmin’s unsuccessful attempt to become a part of the mainstream patriotic movement during WWI. Contrary to her predecessors, Alexandra Pakhomova argues this particular book has a definite and consciously motivated authorial strategy. What Kuzmin did in War Stories was an attempt to establish his new literary reputation, and also to create an entirely new genre of short fiction in Russian literature. KEYWORDS: 20th-Century Russian Literature, Mikhail Kuzmin (1972—1936), Voennye rasskazy (1915), Literary Reputation, History of Literature.

scholarly journals Assessments of the effects of permanent internal migration in the Russian literature at the late 19th and early 20th centuries

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-21
Author(s):  
Valentina M. Moiseenko
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Internal Migration ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Ural Mountains ◽  
Migration Policies ◽  
Political Literature ◽  
Logical Conclusion ◽  
Research Task ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Agrarian Crisis

In the context of the agrarian crisis in Russia (USSR) in the second half of the 19th and the first third of the 20th century, much attention in the socio-political literature was paid to the migration of peasants to the extensive undeveloped areas, mainly to the east of the Ural mountains. The changing characteristics of migration and migration policies during this period have resulted in a variety of methods for assessing the effects of migration. The experience of the second half of the 19th and the first third of the 20th century is interesting not only in the dynamics of assessment of the effects, but also in the logical conclusion of the study of this problem. It is known that even today the effects of migration remain a complex and largely unsolved research task.

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