Reflection of Revolutionary Environment in the Ontology of I.A. Bunin’s Poetry of the Pre-Emigrant Period

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10.2991/assehr.k.220306.032How to use a DOI?

Keywords

И.А. I.A. Bunin; Poetry; Ontology of poetry; Genre fusion; Revolutionary period and environment; Russian culture

Abstract

The paper explores I.A. Bunin’s sentiment towards the revolution as well as reflection of his social and political views through poetry in 1915-1919 and letters to N.A. Nilus alongside excerpts from Bunin’s non-fiction articles that have a distinct correlation with his pre-emigrant poetry (“I have no words”, “Notes”, “Mission of the Russian Emigration”). The author’s poetry works are riddled with genre fusion, convergence between lyrics and non-fiction, narrative manner and apocalyptic motives – all contributing to the imprint of the time period and imbued with the apprehension of the upcoming revolution. Application of chronological method provides for vivid reconstruction of the 1917 atmosphere from Bunin’s viewpoint and for tracing the shift in his social and political views during the creation of the 1915-1919 poetry. Comparative and typological approaches alongside the literary method are used to reveal mythologemes and images of Bunin’s revolutionary lyrics that appeared to be inherent part of the cultural ontology.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuliya Morozova
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/03/30
TI  - Reflection of Revolutionary Environment in the Ontology of I.A. Bunin’s Poetry of the Pre-Emigrant Period
BT  - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 200
EP  - 207
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220306.032
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220306.032
ID  - Morozova2022
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