ON PUSHKIN AND DANTE’S MOTIFS AND REMINISCENCES IN SOME OF JOSEPH BRODSKY’S TEXTS

Beznosov Eh. L.

Ehduard L. Beznosov, Distinguished Teacher of the Russian Federation, Teacher of Russian language and literature, School No. 67, Kutuzovsky Passage Street, 10, 121170, Moscow, Russia. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0414-5106

Abstract

The article examines Pushkin and Dante’s reminiscences and associations mainly in such poems by Joseph Brodsky as “Poems in April” and “Menuet”. Besides, both the superficial and deep meanings of these associations are explored, which lead to the understanding of the peculiarities of Joseph Brodsky’s artistic thinking as a whole. The article also considers the transformation of the motifs of Pushkin’s “The Prophet” in the poem “Strophes”, connected with the events of the poet’s personal life, and interprets the final chapter of the cycle “New Stanzas to Augusta” as a declaration of the search for one’s own poetic language.

Keywords

J. Brodsky; motifs; metaphor; allusion; reminiscence; Pushkin; Dante.

Recieved

08.02.2025

Accepted

10.03.2025

For citation

Beznosov, Eh. L. “On Pushkin and Dante’s Motifs and Reminiscences in Some of Joseph Brodsky’s Texts”. Literaturovedcheskii zhurnal, no. 2(68), 2025, pp. 51–65. (In Russ.)

DOI: 10.31249/litzhur/2025.68.03

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