The notion of expanse in the works of Marina Tsvetaeva Cover Image

Идея простора в творчестве Марины Цветаевой
The notion of expanse in the works of Marina Tsvetaeva

Author(s): Elena Yantchuk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Russian Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Marina Tsvetaeva; space; expanse (prostor); horizontal; vertical

Summary/Abstract: An expanse, as an existential-aesthetic phenomenon, is almost unex-plored in fact. It is also not considered as a subject of special study in works on the poetry of M. Tsvetaeva, although she was interested in the idea of expanse very much and the images of expanse are represented in her poetry and prose in a significant number. In the article, the directions and areas of a wider interpretation of the notion of expanse in the works of Marina Tsvetaeva are designated. The idea of expanse was not the object of the poet’s special reflection. But it is a frequently encountered characteristic of the space of life and the space of death, as both were described in her poetry and prose. She could find an expanse in actions and objects, in people and relationships with them, in herself. And through that vision of absolute expanse, she could communicate with the transcendental and metaphysical spheres.

  • Issue Year: 1/2020
  • Issue No: XXV
  • Page Range: 75-86
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian