PUSHKINIAN MOTIFS AND IMAGES IN THE POETRY OF IGOR CHINNOV |
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| 2026 |
| scientific article | 821.161.1.09 | ||
| 105-120 | А.С. Пушкин, И. Чиннов, интертекстуальность, образ, мотив, поэзия эмиграции, A.S. Pushkin, I. Chinnov, intertextuality, image, motif, emigrant poetry |
| Two levels can be distinguished in the "Pushkinian text" of I. Chinnov: the level of modification and transformation of intertextual motifs and images, and the level of explicitly articulated attitude toward Pushkin's poetry. There is no rigid boundary between these levels – the textual and the metatextual (metapoetic): the aesthetic and ethical evaluation of Pushkin’s work is accompanied by allusions to the poet’s poems. The internal plot of the relationship with Pushkin's lyrics concentrates on two aspects: the transformative role of Pushkin's poetic harmony and the fate of the poet-prophet. On the Hills of Georgia... and The Prophet are two «strong» Pushkin texts to which I. Chinnov repeatedly turns. The action of Pushkin's musical element is evaluated ambivalently: it can both transform the surrounding world and the lyrical hero’s self-perception, and encounter internal resistance. Against the background of Pushkin’s high demands on the Poet, a critical self-assessment of the lyrical subject's own work becomes possible. Intertextual techniques for working with Pushkin's word include several types: 1) the deployment of a Pushkin motif organizing the entire poem; 2) the use of allusion to create a visual micro-image; 3) the contamination of images; 4) wordplay; 5) parodic reinterpretation. Pushkin's motifs and images are found throughout I. Chinnov’s work – from his first collection, Monologue (1950), to Autograph (1984). |
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