Nikolai Gumilyov and the culture of the East: based on the analysis of the drama "Child of Allah" Cover Image
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Николай Гумилев и культура Востока: на материале анализа драматического произведения «Дитя Аллаха»
Nikolai Gumilyov and the culture of the East: based on the analysis of the drama "Child of Allah"

Author(s): Zsuzsanna Egeres
Subject(s): Cultural history, Russian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Allah’s Child; theatre; puppet show; the East; Hafez;

Summary/Abstract: Gumilev’s work Allah’s Child was published in the art periodical Apollon in 1916. By outlining shortly the theatrical life of the early 20th-century St. Petersburg, this paper is attempting to give an answer to the question why the author created a puppet-show play. Gumilev’s play is one of the works inspired by the East that takes place in the Arabic-Muslim world. This paper does not aim at analyzing Allah’s Child comprehensively, however, it tries to point out, in context of early 20th-century Russian cultural phenomena, the main motifs and aspects of interpretation that moved the attention of contemporary Russian artists to the East.

  • Issue Year: 56/2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 191-206
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Russian