By Way of Old Petersburg: Desmond O’Grady and Russian Poetry

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alla Kononova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Irish Poetry ◽  
Joseph Brodsky ◽  
Russian Poetry ◽  
Contemporary Irish Poetry

The article takes on a direction which has great potential for further studies of contemporary Irish poetry: studying the work of Irish poets through their relation to Russian literature. It focuses on the reception and reimagining of Russian poetry in the work of Desmond O’Grady, one of the leading figures in Irish poetry, who started writing in mid-1950s. The article studies three poems by O’Grady which are addressed to his Russian counterparts: “Missing Andrei Voznesensky,” “Joseph Brodsky Visits Kinsale,” and “My City,” a translation from Anna Akhmatova’s “Poem without a Hero.” None of these poems has yet been subject of thorough critical analysis. Each of the poems has become a signpost on O’Grady’s poetic map and an important element of his own “private mythology.” When analysed in the wider context of Irish poetry, they help form a clearer picture of the influence Russian literature has had on contemporary Irish poets.

scholarly journals Russia – Mexico: 130 years of relations through the lens of diplomacy and Russian poetry

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-96
Author(s):  
R. O. Reinhardt
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Turning Points ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Diplomatic Relations ◽  
Vladimir Mayakovsky ◽  
Policy History ◽  
Joseph Brodsky ◽  
Russian Poetry

The article dedicated to the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations establishment between Russia and Mexico casts a light upon the key turning points of their evolution within the context of foreign policy, history and culture of both countries. The author focuses on diplomatic contacts and intercultural communication. Alongside Heads of States’ visits and exchange of diplomatic representatives, he elaborates on Russian literature classics, i.e. Konstantin Balmont, Vladimir Mayakovsky and Joseph Brodsky, visiting Mexico. It is implied in the conclusion that ‘proximity’ of the countries’ cultures, similarity and sometimes even synchronicity of respective historical development cycles give grounds for a mutually beneficial interstate dialogue. 

New understanding and old myths. On I. Esaulov’s Russian Classics: New Understanding [Russkaya klassika: novoe ponimanie]

2020 ◽  
pp. 178-191
Author(s):  
E. V. Abdullaev
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Eastern Orthodox ◽  
Literary Canon ◽  
Eastern Orthodoxy ◽  
Russian Culture ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
Russian Literary ◽  
Methodological Principles

The article examines methodological principles of studying the Russian literary canon in the cultural context of Eastern Orthodoxy, as demonstrated in I. Esaulov’s book. While acknowledging the importance of the book’s method, the article reviews and criticizes the concepts used by the scholar (the Eastern archetype, the Christmas archetype, the categories of Law and Grace, etc.). In particular, the author challenges the statement that a writer populates his works with archetypes prevailing in his culture (so Eastern Orthodox ones in the case of Russian culture), often against his own religious principles. Also subjected to critical analysis is the thesis about the Easter archetype being more specific to Russian literature, with the Christmas archetype being more typical of Western literature. On the whole, the paper argues that the transhistorical approach declared by the scholar as opposed to the rigorously historical method (M. Gasparov and others) may often lead to strained hypotheses and mythologizing; all in all, it may result in an ahistorical perception of both Eastern Orthodoxy and the literary canon.

scholarly journals GENRE ORIGINALITY OF N.I. TRYAPKIN’S POEM «THE NEST OF MY FATHERS»

2020 ◽  
pp. 105-110
Author(s):  
Валерий Александрович Редькин
Keyword(s):  
Russian Literature ◽  
Russian Poetry

В статье рассматривается проблема жанрового своеобразия поэмы Н. И. Тряпкина «Гнездо моих отцов». Анализ произведения основывается на авторской концепции жанра как системы жанрообразующих признаков. Делается вывод о том, что «Гнездо моих отцов» - это большая реалистическая социально-философская поэма, развивающая традиции русского национального лиро-эпоса. Творчество Н. И. Тряпкина, в целом принадлежащего к конкретно-реалистическому стилевому течению русской поэзии второй половины XX в., опирается на глубокие традиции русской литературы и фольклора, жанровые традиции русской поэмы. The article deals with the problem of genre originality of N. I. Tryapkin’s poem «The nest of my fathers». The analysis of the work is based on the author’s concept of genre as a system of genre-forming features. The conclusion is made that «The nest of my fathers» is a large realistic socio-philosophical poem that develops the traditions of the Russian national lyric epic. N. Tryapkin’ works, in general, belonging to specifically-realistic style for Russian poetry of the second half of the XX century, based on deep traditions of Russian literature and folklore, genre traditions of Russian poems.

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