ONCE AGAIN ABOUT THE SPECIFICITY OF SPATIAL-TEMPORAL STRUCTURE IN THE POETRY OF N.A. ZABOLOTSKY (BASED ON THE POEM "ILLNESS") |
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| 2026 |
| scientific article | 81.42 | ||
| 150-163 | пространственно-временная структура, «Болезнь», творчество Н.А. Заболоцкого, мотив, лирический сюжет, композиция, символика, space and temporal structure, ", Illness, ", N.A. Zabolotsky, ’s creativity, motif, lyrical plot, composition, symbolic |
| The article analyzes N.A. Zabolotsky’s poem "Illness" (1928) from his book "Columns and Poems". It interprets the category of the spatiotemporal structure, which proves to be central to the miniature and is linked with other textual levels of the work. The composition, the motif-and-image system, and the lyrical plot are examined. The main motif of the work is illness, which is presented through the technique of gradation: from the character's sickness to delirium and, ultimately, recovery. The state of illness in which the poem's character finds himself distorts reality, blending oneiric and actual spaces. Central to the poem is the image of a horse, which is archetypal for Zabolotsky and is analyzed in connection with the poet’s other works. The "superimposition" of human and animal traits has a specific interpretation in Zabolotsky's poetics: horse-people are depicted as beings who know no true freedom in their earthly existence, whereas the dying patient is a human who finds liberation through recovery and contrasts himself with the "horses" gnawing "their bridle." This meaning also determines the opposition of spatiotemporal structures: the room-world, where artificial light flickers, and eternity, where immortality can be achieved. |
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