EVANGELICAL IMAGES AND MOTIFS IN SERGEY ORLOV'S POEMS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF KULIKOVO (IN COMPARISON WITH ALEXANDER BLOK'S CYCLE OF POEMS "ON THE FIELD OF KULIKOVO") Cover Image

ЕВАНГЕЛЬСКИЕ ОБРАЗЫ И МОТИВЫ В СТИХОТВОРЕНИЯХ С. ОРЛОВА О КУЛИКОВСКОЙ БИТВЕ В СРАВНЕНИИ С ЦИКЛОМ А. БЛОКА «НА ПОЛЕ КУЛИКОВОМ»
EVANGELICAL IMAGES AND MOTIFS IN SERGEY ORLOV'S POEMS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF KULIKOVO (IN COMPARISON WITH ALEXANDER BLOK'S CYCLE OF POEMS "ON THE FIELD OF KULIKOVO")

Author(s): Svetlana Olegovna Zakharchenko
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Poetry, Studies of Literature, Russian Literature, Philology
Published by: Петрозаводский государственный университет
Keywords: an evangelical image; the Battle of Kulikovo; Sergey Orlov; Alexander Blok; image of the Motherland

Summary/Abstract: The Battle of Kulikovo is one of the most significant events in Russian history. This article studies five poems by Alexander Blok and Sergey Orlov devoted to this battle. Alexander Blok's cycle of poems On the Field of Kulikovo prophetically predicts future changes in Russia. Sergey Orlov's poems devoted to this historical event can be seen as a certain indicator of his creative evolution. The image of the homeland, as well as the image of his wife (widow), both in Blok's and Orlov's poems originates from the image of the Mother of God. Images of a celestial body used by both poets are associated with military paraphernalia and arise from the evangelical images, while the warrior image is based on the evangelical image of brotherhood. Poetic experience of Alexander Blok and Sergey Orlov reveals Orthodox roots that nourish the entire Russian culture.

  • Issue Year: 11/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 297-310
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English, Russian