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International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, 2016

The article is concerned with the study of literary relationships between the satire of the famou... more The article is concerned with the study of literary relationships between the satire of the famous 20th-century Russian writer M. Bulgakov and the works by the Russian classics of the 19th century – N.V. Gogol and M.Y. Saltykov-Shchedrin. The article describes Gogol’s and Saltykov-Shchedrin’s influence on Bulgakov’s satirical poetics, especially in the period of his development as a writer. Special attention is given to the device of grotesque and the motives of mechanicalness and lifelessness, forming the artistic worlds of the writers under study. The authors note that the technical progress and the rapid development of mechanized production in the 20th century, combined with the satirical motive of primitivism, characteristic of Russian literature, left an imprint on the nature of Bulgakov’s grotesque. The writers at issue are united by such common feature of the satirical poetics as turning to fantasy, hyperbole, ‘strange and queer things’. The article shows the way Bulgakov per...

The article deals with the analysis of the earthy, raw homour in M. Bulgakov's novel "Th... more The article deals with the analysis of the earthy, raw homour in M. Bulgakov's novel "The Master and Margarita". The authors show the functions of farcical episodes of the novel, their connection with the political and moral problems raised in Bulgakov's work. Guided by M. Bakhtin's concept of carnival culture role in people's life and meaning of folk comic forms in verbal art of the new time, the authors explore the peculiarities of implementation of those forms (humorously embarrassing events in particular) in "The Master and Margarita", which is justly thought to be the best Bulgakov's achievement, bringing the writer world-wide reputation.

The archetype of the fool/the jester/the whacky and his artistic embodiment in the characters–“outsiders” in Sergei Dovlatov’s prose, 2019

Abstract: The article deals with the fiction by Sergey Dovlatov, the famous Russian-American writ... more Abstract:
The article deals with the fiction by Sergey Dovlatov, the famous Russian-American writer and journalist of the last third of the 20th century. The main aim of the article is to show the influence of the Russian folklore on formation of the leading type of characters in Dovlatov’s prose. The paper shows that this type, which received in criticism the name of “Dovlatov’s outsiders”, is the realization of the archetype of the fool/the jester/the whacky, widespread in Russian and world folklore, a kind of variation of the fairy-tale “hopeless hero”. On examples of S. Dovlatov’s story “Pushkin Hills”, his collections of short stories “Ours” and “The Compromise”, the authors study not only the genesis of this type of characters, but also their functions in the literary text, the impact on the content of works and readers’ perception. Much attention is attributed to the mechanisms of humor in Dovlatov’s texts. His characters are the rebels and outlaws, the whackies and jesters at the same time. They cannot “integrate” into the Soviet reality and destabilize it with their clownish behavior.
The analysis of his prose shows that S. Dovlatov’s characters, and the humorous world in general, have an emphatically symbolic character. Therefore, the authors of the article, along with the traditional for the study of Dovlatov’s stories historical and genetic approach, involved mythological and structural-semiotic methods that contribute to the consideration of the symbolic nature of humor and its counter-sign function in the literary text.

The article deals with the analysis of the earthy, raw homour in M. Bulgakov's novel " The Master... more The article deals with the analysis of the earthy, raw homour in M. Bulgakov's novel " The Master and Margarita ". The authors show the functions of farcical episodes of the novel, their connection with the political and moral problems raised in Bulgakov's work. Guided by M. Bakhtin's concept of carnival culture role in people's life and meaning of folk comic forms in verbal art of the new time, the authors explore the peculiarities of implementation of those forms (humorously embarrassing events in particular) in " The Master and Margarita " , which is justly thought to be the best Bulgakov's achievement, bringing the writer worldwide reputation.

This article deals with the interpretation of the grotesque world of the short story " Diaboliad ... more This article deals with the interpretation of the grotesque world of the short story " Diaboliad " by the Russian satirist of the XX century Mikhail Bulgakov. Using the social and aesthetical types of analysis, the authors explore the satirical orientation of the story and the peculiarities of grotesque creation at plot, character and style layers of Bulgakov's work. Special attention is paid to interaction of humorous devices with the mystic base of the story " Diaboliad ". Interpretation of the " humble man " in post-revolutionary period topic is also accentuated. Regarding absurd as a leading literary principle of the writer the authors of the article point out the role of constant motives in Bulgakov's story. These include the motive of " doubling characters " , the motive of " automatism " , as well as the motive of buffoonery elements in Bulgakov's work.

International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, 2016

The article is concerned with the study of literary relationships between the satire of the famou... more The article is concerned with the study of literary relationships between the satire of the famous 20th-century Russian writer M. Bulgakov and the works by the Russian classics of the 19th century – N.V. Gogol and M.Y. Saltykov-Shchedrin. The article describes Gogol’s and Saltykov-Shchedrin’s influence on Bulgakov’s satirical poetics, especially in the period of his development as a writer. Special attention is given to the device of grotesque and the motives of mechanicalness and lifelessness, forming the artistic worlds of the writers under study. The authors note that the technical progress and the rapid development of mechanized production in the 20th century, combined with the satirical motive of primitivism, characteristic of Russian literature, left an imprint on the nature of Bulgakov’s grotesque. The writers at issue are united by such common feature of the satirical poetics as turning to fantasy, hyperbole, ‘strange and queer things’. The article shows the way Bulgakov per...

The article deals with the analysis of the earthy, raw homour in M. Bulgakov's novel "Th... more The article deals with the analysis of the earthy, raw homour in M. Bulgakov's novel "The Master and Margarita". The authors show the functions of farcical episodes of the novel, their connection with the political and moral problems raised in Bulgakov's work. Guided by M. Bakhtin's concept of carnival culture role in people's life and meaning of folk comic forms in verbal art of the new time, the authors explore the peculiarities of implementation of those forms (humorously embarrassing events in particular) in "The Master and Margarita", which is justly thought to be the best Bulgakov's achievement, bringing the writer world-wide reputation.

The archetype of the fool/the jester/the whacky and his artistic embodiment in the characters–“outsiders” in Sergei Dovlatov’s prose, 2019

Abstract: The article deals with the fiction by Sergey Dovlatov, the famous Russian-American writ... more Abstract:
The article deals with the fiction by Sergey Dovlatov, the famous Russian-American writer and journalist of the last third of the 20th century. The main aim of the article is to show the influence of the Russian folklore on formation of the leading type of characters in Dovlatov’s prose. The paper shows that this type, which received in criticism the name of “Dovlatov’s outsiders”, is the realization of the archetype of the fool/the jester/the whacky, widespread in Russian and world folklore, a kind of variation of the fairy-tale “hopeless hero”. On examples of S. Dovlatov’s story “Pushkin Hills”, his collections of short stories “Ours” and “The Compromise”, the authors study not only the genesis of this type of characters, but also their functions in the literary text, the impact on the content of works and readers’ perception. Much attention is attributed to the mechanisms of humor in Dovlatov’s texts. His characters are the rebels and outlaws, the whackies and jesters at the same time. They cannot “integrate” into the Soviet reality and destabilize it with their clownish behavior.
The analysis of his prose shows that S. Dovlatov’s characters, and the humorous world in general, have an emphatically symbolic character. Therefore, the authors of the article, along with the traditional for the study of Dovlatov’s stories historical and genetic approach, involved mythological and structural-semiotic methods that contribute to the consideration of the symbolic nature of humor and its counter-sign function in the literary text.

The article deals with the analysis of the earthy, raw homour in M. Bulgakov's novel " The Master... more The article deals with the analysis of the earthy, raw homour in M. Bulgakov's novel " The Master and Margarita ". The authors show the functions of farcical episodes of the novel, their connection with the political and moral problems raised in Bulgakov's work. Guided by M. Bakhtin's concept of carnival culture role in people's life and meaning of folk comic forms in verbal art of the new time, the authors explore the peculiarities of implementation of those forms (humorously embarrassing events in particular) in " The Master and Margarita " , which is justly thought to be the best Bulgakov's achievement, bringing the writer worldwide reputation.

This article deals with the interpretation of the grotesque world of the short story " Diaboliad ... more This article deals with the interpretation of the grotesque world of the short story " Diaboliad " by the Russian satirist of the XX century Mikhail Bulgakov. Using the social and aesthetical types of analysis, the authors explore the satirical orientation of the story and the peculiarities of grotesque creation at plot, character and style layers of Bulgakov's work. Special attention is paid to interaction of humorous devices with the mystic base of the story " Diaboliad ". Interpretation of the " humble man " in post-revolutionary period topic is also accentuated. Regarding absurd as a leading literary principle of the writer the authors of the article point out the role of constant motives in Bulgakov's story. These include the motive of " doubling characters " , the motive of " automatism " , as well as the motive of buffoonery elements in Bulgakov's work.