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The image of archpriest Avvakum in the journalism of Mark Aldanov
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2020-9-73-81
Abstract
The article analyzes the motives for Mark Aldanov’s appeal to the legacy of Archpriest Avvakum. Aldanov shows the most emotional attitude towards Avvakum in journalism. In the collection “Armageddon” Aldanov creates the image of Avvakum in order to show the reasons for the rejection of the Bolsheviks. In the personalities of Avvakum and Lenin, Aldanov reveals common features: a combination of genius and barbarism. According to Aldanov, Avvakum became an example for the fanatical rebel Lenin, who split Russian society. Aldanov does not show Avvakum as an independent character in the narrative, his image is created from quotes, allusions, comments on actions. The details and motives of the “Avvakum” theme from publicist articles pass into essays, fiction, and the book of philosophical dialogues “Ulm Night”. The image of Avvakum in Aldanov’s prose is revealed in different ways. The journalism of the 1918–1920s. expressively and satirically presented the “genius barbarian”, a kind of prototype of the uncompromising revolutionaries and Bolsheviks, hated by Aldanov . In the 1930–1950s. Aldanov uses Avvakum’s motives in his works of a different pathos, but the methods of portraying characters, methods of building dialogues reveal similarities with those used in the books “Armageddon” and “Fire and Smoke”.
About the Author
V. V. ShadurskyRussian Federation
Vladimir V. Shadursky, Cand. of Sci. (Philology), associate professor
bld. 41, Bolschaya Sankt-Peterburgskaya Street, Veliky Novgorod, Russia, 173003
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For citation: Shadursky V.V. The image of archpriest Avvakum in the journalism of Mark Aldanov. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2020;1(9):73-81. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2020-9-73-81
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