On the issue of someone else’s word in lyrical cyclization. “Whisper, timid breathing...” by Afanasii Fet in Roald Mandelstam’s microcycle “Alba” <1>, “Alba” <2> and “Utro (Morning)”
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2020-10-236-245
Abstract
The article considers three poems by Roald Mandelstam that form from a lyrical trilogy: “Albs”: “Alba” <1>, “Alba” <2> and “Utro (Morning)”. All three begin the same way: “The whole block is ventilated and cooled down...”; and in each of the three there is an alien word – references to previous literary texts. Among other things, these are references to Afanasy Fet’s poem “Whisper, timid breathing...”. In the article, these references, located in the same positions in all three poems of Roald Mandelstam’s microcycle (the fourth lines of the third quatrains), are considered as one of the ways for forming a lyrical context and, accordingly, forming meanings in a lyrical context. It is shown how the pairing of two works through lexical overlap contributes to their mutual enrichment in terms of meaning.
About the Author
Yu. V. DomanskiiRussian Federation
Yurii V. Domanskii, Dr. of Sci. (Philology), professor
6, Miusskaya Sq., Moscow, 125993
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For citation: Domanskii Y.V. On the issue of someone else’s word in lyrical cyclization. “Whisper, timid breathing...” by Afanasii Fet in Roald Mandelstam’s microcycle “Alba” <1>, “Alba” <2> and “Utro (Morning)”. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2020;(10(2)):236-245. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2020-10-236-245
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