Tram as a Metaphor for a New Time in the Context of Russian Literature of the Early 20th Century Cover Image

Трамвай как метафора нового времени в контексте русской литературы начала ХХ века
Tram as a Metaphor for a New Time in the Context of Russian Literature of the Early 20th Century

Author(s): Polina Zolina
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Česká asociace slavistů
Keywords: concept; tram; early 20th century; fate; comparative description; semantic; death

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the motive of tram as a key to Russian literature of the twentieth century. The tram is part of the urban landscape, but at the same time in Russian culture it gradually became the symbol of the new era, it acquired of the tragic connotations, associated with death and began to have a fatal significance. In the article we focused on the texts with this concept and tried to define its specificity.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 41-48
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Russian