ЕВРОПЕЙСКИЙ СИМВОЛИЗМ И РЕГРЕССИВНЫЕ КУЛЬТУРНЫЕ МОДЕЛИ
EUROPEAN SYMBOLISM AND REGRESSIVE CULTURAL MODELS

Author(s): Gleb Maslov
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: comparative literature; symbolism; philosophy of literature;
Summary/Abstract: Symbolism, as part of the Modernism movement that tends to separate itself from the present for the sake of the future, seeks to renovate the culture by going to back the roots. Interestingly, members of the Symbolist Movement in both Russia and Italy expressed great interest in ancient social history and personal biography texts. In their cultural models, which I propose to call regressive, symbolists viewed early periods in history and their culture as the most authentic, sincere and unique. These models can be classified in the following way: regressive (infantile) models of the creative genius nature (Il Fanciullino by Pascoli and Kotik Letaev by Andrei Bely) and regressive models of theater that transforms into the ancient mystery (Vyacheslav Ivanov).

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