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LITERATUROVEDCHESKII
ZHURNAL
The Journal of Literary History and Theory
Peer-reviewed Academic Journal

LEAVE’S POETICS: THE LAST YEAR IN M.M. PRISHVIN’S LIFE

Edoshina I.A.

Irina A. Yedoshina – Doctor of Culturology, PhD in Philology, Professor, Kostroma State University, Dzerzhinskogo 17, 156005, Kostroma, Kostroma Oblast, Russia. E-mail: tettixgreek@yandex.ru

Abstract

The problematic field of this article is determined by the understanding of “leave” as a concept that has a special poetics. The diary notes of M.M. Prishvin in the last year of his life are considered. The article pays special attention to the etymological differentiation of words that have a common root “zhi-”, which makes it possible to clarify the semantics of the relationship between the concepts of life / death. The ideological attitudes of Prishvin are determined in his manifestation as a Soviet writer and in the self-consciousness of a creative person within the limits of diary notes. The duality of the external aspects of his being as a writer and diary entries is emphasized. The typological, artistic and semantic features of these notes are determined. It is underlined that these features are corrected to a certain extent by Prishvin’s intelligent attitude to faith. As a result, it is indicated that in Prishvin’s diary notes, the motive of death does not even concern his earthly existence. In the writer’s mind, life goes on and has no end.

Keywords

poetics; life; death; diary notes; self-consciousness.

Recieved

02.02.2023

Accepted

05.03.2023

For citation

Edoshina, I.A. “Leave’s Poetics: The Last Year in M.M. Prishvin’s Life”. Literaturovedcheskii zhurnal, no. 3(61), 2023, pp. 23–37. (In Russ.) DOI: 10.31249/litzhur/2023.61.02

DOI: 10.31249/litzhur/2023.61.02

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