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Парафраз и становление новой русской литературы (постановка проблемы)
Paraphrasis and the Establishment of the New Russian Literature (To the Problem Statement)

Author(s): Ivan Esaulov
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Cultural history, Russian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Петрозаводский государственный университет
Keywords: Paraphrasis; Enlightenment; discreteness; continuality; cultural tradition; rationality; ecclesiastical and secular; secularization;

Summary/Abstract: The paper states the hypothesis, according to which the formation and establishment of the new Russian literature does not occur as a result of a unidirectional but a bi-directional cultural impact on the formation of the original new Russian literature. Medieval genre forms well known in Russia (hagiographies, pilgrimages, etc.), by no means complete their functioning under the conditions of a “new” Europeanization (there was never a complete cultural isolation of Russian culture), but also, first, continue to exist, along with new genres, and, second, have an influence on the new Russian literature itself, the role of which is still largely underestimated. The concept of paraphrasis, which was previously attributed primarily only to a particular episode, although important in the historical-literary sense, are now generalized.

  • Issue Year: 17/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 30-66
  • Page Count: 37
  • Language: Russian