Achmatov's and ancient culture: about some components of the meaning of the poet in the "Poem Without a Hero" Cover Image

Ахматова и античная культура: о некоторых смысловых компонентах мифа о поэте в «поэме без героя»
Achmatov's and ancient culture: about some components of the meaning of the poet in the "Poem Without a Hero"

Author(s): Galina Michailova
Subject(s): Cultural history, Poetry, Semiology, Ancient World, Russian Literature, Hermeneutics
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: Poem Without a Hero; Russian literature; poetry;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the problem of the adaptation of ancient themes, motifs and images to A. Ahmadova's poetry. The author of the article refers to some of the ancient tragedies and the analogies of their application in the "Poem Without a Hero" peculiarities and structure of images. The author, analyzing a fragment of a "small poem without a hero" - the so-called multiple poetry - finds links to Plato's and Horace's texts. The direct and indirect approximation of the text of the "Poem Without a Hero" text with the philosophical and artistic texts of the Ancient Authors allows us to more precisely define the concept of ethics and aesthetics of A. Achmatova, reflected in this most important work of her. In the author's opinion, ancient texts are primary sources of culture, often understood by poets through the prism of later literature, can be regarded as the source of its so-called "masculine line" of its poetry.

  • Issue Year: 48/2006
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 43-55
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Russian