‘You’re Loseff?’ ‘No, Lifshits am I’: self-naming in Lev Loseff’s poetry Cover Image

«Вы Лосев? Нет, скорее, Лифшиц»: авторская самономинация в поэзии Льва Лосева
‘You’re Loseff?’ ‘No, Lifshits am I’: self-naming in Lev Loseff’s poetry

Author(s): Tatiana Krasilnikova
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Russian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: author’s self-naming; “the lyrical character”; poetry interpretation

Summary/Abstract: The article is a part of a study titled “The Lyrical Character in Lev Loseff’s Poetry: Image, Name and Reflection”, concerned with three aspects: firstly, the category of “the lyrical character”, proposed to describe the author’s image in a substantial corpus of Loseff’s poems; secondly, the issue of self-naming; thirdly, the motive of the subject’s reflection in a mirror. In real life Loseff had a number of names and surnames and it is not surprising that their multiplicity found its way into his poetry. The perspective adopted in the article enables a better understanding of Loseff’s poetics as well as opens new areas for discussion.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 157-168
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian