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THE MYTH OF PETERSBURG IN THE ÉMIGRÉ POETRY OF JOSEPH BRODSKY

J. Tarkowska

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 1 > 45-62

The article aims at a discussion of the myth of Petersburg in the émigré poetry of Joseph Brodsky. On reflecting upon the complex semantics of the capital city of Russia, the authoress focuses her attention on the vision of Petersburg presented in Brodsky's 'American' poems 'Kolybel'naya Treskovogo Mysa' (1975) and 'Razvivaya Platona' (1976). The results of the analysis comfirms the profound influence...

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EUGENE KHARITONOV'S CHRONOPHRENIA

G. Ojcewicz

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 1 > 63-82

The article focuses on one of forefathers and apostles of Russian contemporary gay literature, Eugene Kharitonov (1941-1981), a prose writer, poet, dramatist, and theatre director. For too long time the artist remained in hiding in the literary underground, which had a very pernicious effect on the reception of his literary output in Russia and abroad. In his lifetime, Kharitonov published his works...

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BOLDINO'S DRAMATICAL SERIES - 'LITTLE TRAGEDIES'

M. Stachurka

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 1 > 23-44

Alexander Pushkin became interested in theatre and drama relatively early. His father was keen on the dramatic art, recited Moliere perfectly and in his living room theatre was often talked about in a presence and the future Russian poet. Already in secondary school Pushkin wrote his first theatrical plays and critical theses. At that time the poet's views on drama began to evolve, which can easily...

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INTELLIGENTSIA IN THE PERIOD AFTER THE DECABRIST UPRISING

Małgorzata Abassy

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 1 > 7-21

Decabrism as a new social-political movement emerged among Russian aristocracy at the beginning of the 19th century. This first generation of Russian intelligentsia was under the influence of western liberal ideas. They made an effort to transform Russian political system according to those ideas. The split between the enlightened layer of the gentry and the tsar occurred as inevitable result and,...

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EXCERPTS OF PSALMS IN CHURCH SLAVONIC APOSTLE FROM THE 16TH CENTURY (SILESIAN LIBRARY, SHELF NUMBER R 182 III)

J. Karzarnowicz

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 1 > 83-101

In 1971 Leszek Moszynski investigated verses of psalms in the Old Church Slavonic Apostle of Enin and suggested to analyse the other known younger texts of the Apostle as well.The author was trying to include Church Slavonic Apostle from the 16th century in textological investigations suggested by Moszynski. He compared excerpts of psalms in the Apostle with known Church Slavonic Books of Psalms,...

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ADVERBS WITH FORMANT -EHbK- AND -OHbK- IN RUSSIAN IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY

J. Sienkiewicz

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 2 > 263-270

The present paper describes the problem of structure and functioning of adverbs with the -EHbK- and -OHbK- formant in Russian of the latter half of the 17th century. 19 adverbs of that kind were found in works of the canon Avvakum, in some novels (written in a colloquial language) as well as in official texts, and personal correspondence. In the analysed samples the adverbs with diminutive suffix...

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SHALAMOV'S KOLYMA TALES

D. Romanovskij

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 2 > 187-205

All of Shalamov's prose works are deeply connected to his own personal experiences in the forced labor camps of Kolyma. Most of his Kolyma Tales are autobiographical and can be viewed as both historical records and literary works. The objectivity of Shalamov's prose only adds to the chilling intensity of the stories. The tales are a testament to Shalamov's seventeen years in Stalinist Gulags. Shalamov...

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FLOWER MOTIVES IN MICHAL JEZIERSKI'S POEM UKRAINE

W. Wenerska

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 2 > 229-240

The floral motives in Jezierski' poem 'Ukraine', connected with couleur locale of the Ukrainian land, were presented. The poet's literary imagination was animated by trees, flowers, and herbs that became a subject of aesthetic admire, description and a carrier of symbolic meanings. The plan of the work presents tree images which are both a part of the Ukrainian rural landscape (pear tree) and of forest...

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THE OUTPUT OF 'YOUNG MUSE' ORIGINATED FROM THE SPIRIT OF MUSIC

A. Matusiak

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 2 > 241-261

The present text is an attempt to revise the output of the 'Young Muse' (Moloda Muza) writers in the context of musical inspirations of the turn of the 19th century, most of all the Secession period. The author investigated the literary output of the 'Young Muse' writers, inter alia from the point of view of adapting musical terminology to the titles of works, application of corresponding vocabulary,...

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SEMANTICS AND METAPHORICAL CONCEPTUALISATION OF FEAR IN THE POLISH, RUSSIAN, AND GERMAN LANGUAGES

A. Kiklewicz

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 2 > 283-308

The author discusses problems of language semantics representation in the cognitive theory of conceptual metaphors. He expresses criticism concerning the explication model of meanings by G. Lakoff and M. Johnson, because it does not take into account certain important aspects of language functional semantics, and, first of all, the communicative context of language nomination and conceptualization...

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FINAL AESTHETICS: FORTY YEARS OF RUSSIAN POST-MODERNISM

M. Golubkov

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 2 > 207-228

The author presents the main trends in Russian post-modernist literature from the late 1960s to this day. He emphasises the distinctness of the ideas of Russian postmodernism from Western ones, making reference to the works of the most eminent representatives of the movement in Russia, both poets: Timur Kibirov, Dmitri Prigov, Lev Rubinstein and prose-writers: Pavel Krusanov, Viktor Pelevin, Vladimir...

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THE SECOND 'TRILOGY' OF DMITRI MEREZHKOVSKI. THE ABSOLUTE POWER FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE ORTHODOX FAITH

B. Fonseca

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 2 > 171-185

One of the principal problems that Dmitri Merezhkovski (1866-1941), a leading Russian religious writer, addresses in his novels is the questionable compatibility of absolutism with the concept of orthodox Christian religion. His second trilogy (the drama scenes 'Paul I' and the two novels 'Alexander I' and '14 December') is devoted to the theological destiny of Russia and exhibits his dilemma clearly...

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ON THE MODAL FUNCTION OF THE LEXEME 'MOZHE / MOZHET' IN POLISH AND RUSSIAN

Z. Czapiga

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 2 > 271-281

The author discusses the semantic and syntactic features of lexemes 'mozhet (Russ.), byt' mozhet (Russ.)', 'mozhe (Pol.), byc' mozhe (Pol.)'. They express speaker's own attitude to the message: they signify possibility, probability of a fact, incident. What is more, they may contain a shade of a question or suggestion. The above-mentioned modal lexemes are used in the meaning: 'if something may/might...

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FOLKLORE IN J. BARSHCHEVSKI'S 'SHLIAKHTSITS ZAVALNIA ABOI BELARUS U FANTASTYCHNYKH APAVIADANNIAKH'

A. Borowiec

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 3 > 429-442

The article is dedicated to the folk elements in Jan Barshchevski's 'Shliakthsits Zavalnia aboi Belarus u fantastychnykh apaviadanniakh' (Nobleman Zavalnia or Belarus in fantastic tales). In the beginning of the 19th century, Belarussian literature was strongly influenced by the western literature. Polish romantic ideas penetrated the Belarussian territories, which expressed itself in viewing the...

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RUSSIAN ISSUES IN PARISIAN 'KULTURA'

A. Borkowska

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 3 > 401-415

The vision of the future Polish-Russian relations became one of the key issues raised in the Paris emigration magazine 'Kultura'. As early as 1948, the magazine published extracts from Russian writers' works and literary-critical sketches devoted to Russian literature. The crucial project in this first phase of activities to be aimed at Polish-Russian reconciliation was a special number of 'Kultura'...

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REMINISCENCES OF THE PAST. THE LITERARY SILHOUETTE OF LEONID KANNEGISER

J. Salajczyk

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 3 > 387-400

The authoress investigates literary texts which present a young poet of 'the silver age', Leonid Kannegiser, remembered in history as 'the killer of Uritskii'. He appeared chiefly in the works of emigrant writers (Mark Aldanov, Georgii Ivanov, Georgii Adamovich, Marina Tsvetaeva). In Russia only Yury Davidov introduced him in his last novel, 'Bestseller' (1999). The texts referred to belong to a variety...

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YOUTH AND YOUNG PEOPLE. STEREOTYPES AND VALUES. DENESHKINA - MASLOWSKA - PELEVIN

M. Halewska

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 3 > 417-428

Deneshkina, Pelevin, and Maslowska describe the reality after a collapse of communism. They concentrate especially on young people who do not have values, affirmative ideals or any authorities. They do not know God, they cannot pray. The characters drink alcohol, take drugs, tell lies, offend each other. They cannot see any differences between truth and falsehood. The authoress shows how difficult...

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THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TREE OF LIFE AS AN EXAMPLE OF 'A DIALOGUE OF CULTURES' IN THE POETRY OF VIACHESLAV IVANOV

E. Stawinoga

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 3 > 369-386

The authoress proposes a symbolic and contextual interpretation of the theme of the Tree of Life as shown in Viacheslav Ivanov's works. The analysis pertains to a poem from 'Rimskii dnevnik 1944 goda' poetic cycle, beginning with the words: 'Nishodiat v dushu liki chuzhdykh sil ...'. On this poem the author based his examination of the problem of 'the dialogue of cultures', characteristic of the whole...

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ANTON CHEKHOV ON SAKHALIN: THE RUSSIAN PENAL COLONY AND COLONIALISM

K. Lis

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 3 > 351-368

Sakhalin (an island in the Pacific Ocean) was annexed to Russia in mid 19th century. Until 1850 Russian military posts and settlements were built all over the island. Sakhalin became an immense hard labour camp and a place of exile. The history of conquest and colonization of Sakhalin was well known to Anton Chekhov. The great writer and medical doctor set out in 1890 from Moscow across Siberia to...

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BOLDINO'S DRAMATICAL SERIES - 'LITTLE TRAGEDIES', II

M. Stachurka

Slavia Orientalis > 2005 > 54 > 4 > 527-550

'Little Tragedies' appeared when Pushkin realized that his plays would not exist on the stage. It was the autumn of 1830. Dramas from Boldino presented the human fate with reference to different epochs and national characters. The poet decided to expose people's feelings. He resolved to present some real characters not an anonymous crowd. Internal conflicts of a tragedy were very distinct, but the...

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Slavia Orientalis

THE MYTH OF PETERSBURG IN THE ÉMIGRÉ POETRY OF JOSEPH BRODSKY

EUGENE KHARITONOV'S CHRONOPHRENIA

BOLDINO'S DRAMATICAL SERIES - 'LITTLE TRAGEDIES'

INTELLIGENTSIA IN THE PERIOD AFTER THE DECABRIST UPRISING

EXCERPTS OF PSALMS IN CHURCH SLAVONIC APOSTLE FROM THE 16TH CENTURY (SILESIAN LIBRARY, SHELF NUMBER R 182 III)

ADVERBS WITH FORMANT -EHbK- AND -OHbK- IN RUSSIAN IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY

SHALAMOV'S KOLYMA TALES

FLOWER MOTIVES IN MICHAL JEZIERSKI'S POEM UKRAINE

THE OUTPUT OF 'YOUNG MUSE' ORIGINATED FROM THE SPIRIT OF MUSIC

SEMANTICS AND METAPHORICAL CONCEPTUALISATION OF FEAR IN THE POLISH, RUSSIAN, AND GERMAN LANGUAGES

FINAL AESTHETICS: FORTY YEARS OF RUSSIAN POST-MODERNISM

THE SECOND 'TRILOGY' OF DMITRI MEREZHKOVSKI. THE ABSOLUTE POWER FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE ORTHODOX FAITH

ON THE MODAL FUNCTION OF THE LEXEME 'MOZHE / MOZHET' IN POLISH AND RUSSIAN

FOLKLORE IN J. BARSHCHEVSKI'S 'SHLIAKHTSITS ZAVALNIA ABOI BELARUS U FANTASTYCHNYKH APAVIADANNIAKH'

RUSSIAN ISSUES IN PARISIAN 'KULTURA'

REMINISCENCES OF THE PAST. THE LITERARY SILHOUETTE OF LEONID KANNEGISER

YOUTH AND YOUNG PEOPLE. STEREOTYPES AND VALUES. DENESHKINA - MASLOWSKA - PELEVIN

THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TREE OF LIFE AS AN EXAMPLE OF 'A DIALOGUE OF CULTURES' IN THE POETRY OF VIACHESLAV IVANOV

ANTON CHEKHOV ON SAKHALIN: THE RUSSIAN PENAL COLONY AND COLONIALISM

BOLDINO'S DRAMATICAL SERIES - 'LITTLE TRAGEDIES', II

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