“Island Plot” in the Context of Nostalgic Autoreflexy in the Lyrics of Alexandra Petrova Cover Image

«Островной сюжет» в контексте ностальгической авторефлексии в лирике Александры Петровой
“Island Plot” in the Context of Nostalgic Autoreflexy in the Lyrics of Alexandra Petrova

Author(s): Svetlana Fokina
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Russian Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: nostalgia; island plot; Odysseus myth; lyrical “self”; author’s consciousness; poet-emigrant

Summary/Abstract: The article presents an attempt to understand the phenomenon of nostalgia as a cultural and emotional complex that causes the specificity of the emigrant ‘s literary consciousness. The archetypal components of nostalgia and the supposed paradigm of nostalgic behavior and worldview have been identified. The allusion specificity of the poem “On the Witchcraft Island Brood…” allowed to understand the specifics of the Odysseus myth, its connection with the “island plot”, with behavioural strategies “homo viator” and calyptic poetry.

  • Issue Year: 13/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 162-173
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian