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Name: Architecture of literary ideas The book review: Yakimova L. P. Poetics of Russian literature in semiological illumi-nation. Institute of Philology SB RAS, Novosibirsk, 2022, 298 p.

Authors: Tatyana V. Igosheva, Oleg V. Nikitin

Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation; Petrozavodsk State University, Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation

In the section Review

Abstract:

The book under review examines the issues surrounding the semiological coverage of Russian literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The focus is on an innovative approach to studying the artistic system, which combines philological, historical, cultural, and religious syncretism in textual research. The research delves into the examination of figurative-motivic complexes and concepts found in the creative works of V. F. Odoevsky, I. A. Goncharov, A. P. Chekhov, and L. M. Leonov. These include motifs like the “cave,” “tower,” “pyramid,” “pit,” themes of poverty and wealth, the smell of sulfur, parables, and games. The examination of spiritual texts and stories involves identifying significant cultural-historical parallels and exploring philosophical concepts by V. S. Solovyov, K. N. Leontiev, N. A. Berdyaev, and others. The book describes and analyzes the images that have become constants of Russian literature. Hermeneutical research principles are innovatively applied with emphasis on the hidden layers of artistic language. The author explores the anaphoric design in I. A. Goncharov’s novels and the symbolic significance of numbers in L. M. Leonov’s works. Comments are provided on the semiotic connections, such as the parallel between the image of a child and the image of the Mother of God, and insightful analysis of intertextual details is performed. The book introduces the material that will be helpful for studying the problems of the history and theory of literature, especially in terms of text formation.

Keywords: poetics, semiotics, textual criticism, syncretism, constants of Russian literature, system of images

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