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русские историософские мифологемы в начал ьно й поэзии Негоша
Russians mythologems in poetry of Njegoš

Author(s): Natalya Bludilina
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Историјски институт Црне Горe
Keywords: Njegoš; early poetry; the Russians mythologems, artistic images of emperors Peter I; Nicholas I; Alexander II; Russia; St. Petersburg; Moscow; the Neva River; the Don; Derzhavin; Zhukovsky

Summary/Abstract: This article explores the early poetry of Peter Petrovich Njegoš: his first collection of poems «Cetinje Hermit» (1833), written under the influence of a journey to Russia, most of these poems is dedicated to the Russian theme in terms of its historiosofic mythologies. Analysis of the metaphorical images of poems on Nicholas I and the then heir to the throne, the future Emperor Alexander II, and others is given. The Prince gives the grandiose fantasies of the Russian Empire, poetically weaves together Russian patriotism, as well as Slavic, poems are imbued with respect for the glory and the might of the Russian State. To Montenegrin poet Russia was a messianic prototype culture perceived internally to create the highest divine order in disordered universe, it was seen by him as the new force that is capable of updating the humanity.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 81-94
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Russian