Motif of Death in Irina Odoyevtseva’s Prose Cover Image

Танатологические мотивы в прозе Ирины Одоевцевой в контексте диалога с литературной традицией
Motif of Death in Irina Odoyevtseva’s Prose

Author(s): Patryk Witczak
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Russian Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: motif of death; Irina Odoyevtseva; Russian Emigration; Mikhail Lermontov; angels

Summary/Abstract: The present paper brings an analysis of the motif of death in Irina Odoyevtseva’s novels "Zerkalo", "Izolda" and "Angel smerti". In the prose of Odoyevtseva, who belonged to the younger generation of the Russian Emigration (the first wave), death is a frequent motif. The author explores how Odoyevtseva refers to Mikhail Lermontov’s poems and to the Celtic story of "Tristan and Iseult".

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 153-162
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Russian