Tegelased ja nende prototüübid. Jaan Krossi novelli "Kolmandad mäed" ja näidendi "Doktor Karelli raske öö" põhjal
Characters of Jaan Kross’ Novel „The Third Range of Hills” and his Play „A Hard Night for Dr. Karell” and their Real-Life Prototypes

Summary/Abstract: Poetics of two historical works by jaan kross – the novel „the third range of Hills” and the play „a hard night for dr. karell” – are discussed. Both are set in czarist russia, with prominent figures of Estonian national awakening (johann köler, court painter to alexandre II of russia, Professor at the Imperial academy of arts, and Philipp karell, physician in ordinary of the czar’s family) as protagonists. the discussion is focused on the sources underlying kross’ plots and characters as well as on his transformation of facts in the process of creating neomythological texts depicting, under the soviet regime, the history of Estonian national culture. Comparison with real-life documents provides a vivid demonstration of kross’ intention to recreate the landscape of Estonian cultural history, to develop a national project emphasizing the role of great Estonian figures in big history. also, a layer of allusions is revealed, consisting of references to life after the mid-20th century.

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