M. Yu. Lermontov’s Poem Svidanie (1841): Textual History, Architectonics, Meaning Cover Image

Стихотворение М. Ю. Лермонтова «Свиданье» (1841): история текста, архитектоника, смысл
M. Yu. Lermontov’s Poem Svidanie (1841): Textual History, Architectonics, Meaning

Author(s): Irina Anatolievna Kiseleva, Ksenia A. Potashova
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Russian Literature, 19th Century
Published by: Петрозаводский государственный университет
Keywords: M. Yu. Lermontov; final version; draft; creative lab; sleep; reality; spiritual reality;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the formation of the poetics of the 1841 poem by M. Yu. Lermontov’s Svidanie (Rendez-vous) from first to final draft. The reconstruction of the creative history of the text allows us to imagine the peculiarities of M. Yu. Lermontov’s reasoning, his path to the creation of artistic reality in its spatial and objective design. Landscape details, visual plans, and the image of the lyrical hero change in the creative process. The novelty of research has a factual (for the first time the process of creating a poem is presented in as much detail as possible) and interpretative character, associated with the clarification of Lermontov’s poetics and worldview. The poem is interpreted as a contamination of reality, dream and transitional states, with particular attention paid to the poetics of dreams. The incompleteness of the text is presented as an aesthetic device for the reliable portrayal of the sleep phenomenon. The poem is understood as an aesthetically and metaphysically integral text, in which the author manifests himself as a person with knowledge and experience of spiritual life.

  • Issue Year: 19/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 124-139
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Russian