Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2017 10 (10)

Authors

Trubina, Liudmila A.

Contact information

Trubina, Liudmila A.: Moscow State University of Education 1 M. Pirogovskaya Str., Moscow, 119991, Russia;

Keywords

Boris Pilnyak; literature of the 1920s; avant-guarde; ornamental prose; historiosophy; historical consciousness; metaphor; theme line; symbol; image of time

Abstract

The present article studies the works by Boris Pilnyak, an avant-guarde writer of the 1920s. We see the prospect of modern interpretation of the author’s prose in studying the connection between his formal experiments and ontological background. In this regard, Pilnyak continues the classic tradition, simultaneously starting a dialogue with it, destructing classic formalism. The present research focuses on the artistic codes, revealing the historical consciousness of the author. In the centre is Pilnyak’s original view of Russian history, underlying the stylistic peculiarities of his works. The “fragmentary” composition, some elements of “brain game”, system of theme lines altogether work to create the image of “whirled up”, “bothered” time. The historiosophical background is expressed through the metaphorized chronotopos, combination of “natural” and “historical” metaphors, symbolization of headlines, names and last names, stylization of folkloric and Orthodox imagery

Pages

1609-1621

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/35366

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