Александр Блок и Э. Т. А. Гофман
Alexander Blok and E.T.A. Hoffmann

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to discover common topics, motifs and intertextual references in Blok's and Hoffmann's works, which throw some light on common points in the two writers' artistic systems and views of the world. Such moments are, for instance, musicality in relation to the beloved woman's figure and the idea of panmusicality as well as the depiction of the demonic power of music and the protagonist's inner conflicts; understanding the process of creation in a way resembling a transition through the realm of the dark tracing a ray of light in the sky; the problem of the artist's and petty bourgeois's antinomy; common points in elaborating the ‘Don Juan' theme; means of destructing irony and illusion; and certain motifs (circle, puppet, etc.). Though Blok only rarely mentioned Hoffmann in his writings, it can be stated that he must have known the German artist's works well as their poetics and views of the world share a number of common features.

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