MYTH ABOUT K. N. BATYUSHKOV IN RUSSIAN POETRY
FROM BETWEEN THE 1970s AND THE 2000s Cover Image

МИФ О К. Н. БАТЮШКОВЕ В РУССКОЙ ПОЭЗИИ 1970-х – 2000-х ГОДОВ
MYTH ABOUT K. N. BATYUSHKOV IN RUSSIAN POETRY FROM BETWEEN THE 1970s AND THE 2000s

Author(s): Aleksandr Anatolievich Zhitenev
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Philology
Published by: Петрозаводский государственный университет
Keywords: K. Batyushkov; contemporary Russian poetry; reception; literary canon; poetology; myth

Summary/Abstract: In Russian poetry, the turn of the XXI century was a period when poetic text parameters were actively revised, while the interaction withthe literary canon played an important role in the poetry-related discussions. The division of the XX century Russian literature into Sovietand emigrant, censored and uncensored ones has led to the occurrence of a number of classics alternative interpretations. Perceptionof K. Batyushkov is one of the most illustrative examples of this kind. This article examines the interaction options of the poets frombetween the 1970s and the 2000s with the Batyushkov myth. Summarizing the fi ndings, several general principles of understanding thecreative works of K. Batyushkov can be noted in Russian poetry: the inseparability of biographical evidence about the poet from histexts; mediation of understanding Batyushkov’s creative works through a circle of literary associations relevant for a modern poet; andthe inclusion of Batyushkov motif sequence in one’s own aesthetic code. Four productive lines were established in the perception ofBatyushkov’s creative works: Batyushkov is seen as the prototype of the poet as such, he is regarded as a “borderline” fi gure, a mediatorbetween the earthly and the transcendent; in some contexts, he is interpreted as a “travelling” poet; his “bordering” also refers to the motifof mortality and the “reincarnation” of the poetic word. Thus “Russian Hölderlin” becomes an important fi gure in the latest poetology,whose value is determined not only by the cultural myth of a “mad poet”, but also by the signifi cance of the “other canon” phenomenon.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 7 (184)
  • Page Range: 44-50
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Russian