Genius Loci in the Poetics of the Novel “The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants” by F. M. Dostoevsky Cover Image

Genius loci в поэтике романа Ф. М. Достоевского «Село Степанчиково и его обитатели»
Genius Loci in the Poetics of the Novel “The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants” by F. M. Dostoevsky

Author(s): Elena Safronova
Subject(s): Semantics, Russian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Петрозаводский государственный университет
Keywords: Dostoevsky; “The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants”; allusive toponym; topos; manor text; Siberian text; Semipalatinsk;

Summary/Abstract: The article offers one of the possible interpretations of the semantics of the title toponym of the work of F. M. Dostoevsky “The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants”, gives the definition of an allusive toponym, analyzes the type of oikonym and its word-forming model. The naming “Stepanchikovo Village” fits into the manor text (enters in the farmstead text) of russian culture and literature. The author ties the nomination of the estate of Rostanev with the personal provincial experience of the writer, the main place in which belongs to Semipalatinsk. The dominant allusive toponym of Stepanchikovo village actualizes the non-textual information and the subtext of the work, presumably referring to the name of merchant Stepan Stepanov, who hosted A. E. Wrangel, Dostoevsky’s close friend.

  • Issue Year: 16/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 65-84
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Russian