Mythopoetical concepts in Pushkin’s novel “The Captain’s Daughter”: Masha Mironova’s destiny
- DOI
- 10.2991/ismge-19.2019.111How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- A. S. Pushkin, novel “The Captain’s Daughter”, mythopoetics, Russian national culture, folklore traditions, Christian traditions.
- Abstract
The article considers with the mythopoetic and Christian motives that influenced the plot and the main female character of the novel “The Captain’s Daughter” by A. S. Pushkin. The comparative analysis makes on the structure of general novel storyline with Russian folk fairy tale traditions. Going throw fire, water and copper pipes Masha Mironova performs a heroic deed equal to the achievements of Peter Grinyev, the protagonist hero of the novel. Such equality between the heroes accords to the Christian view of the “new man” nature. The character of Masha Mironova seems to be closely connected with national Orthodox ideals. The object of attention in the article are folk songs, proverbs, sayings found in the novel “The Captain’s Daughter”, in particular, made by the writer as an epigraph to the individual chapters of the work. Their detailed consideration gives a better understanding of nature, content, plot, imaginative system of Pushkin’s novel.
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- © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Elena Ptitsyna AU - Lyudmila Baturina AU - Galina Vorobjeva AU - Arvid Ingemansson AU - Elena Khripunova PY - 2019/07 DA - 2019/07 TI - Mythopoetical concepts in Pushkin’s novel “The Captain’s Daughter”: Masha Mironova’s destiny BT - Proceedings of the 1st International Scientific Practical Conference "The Individual and Society in the Modern Geopolitical Environment" (ISMGE 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 586 EP - 590 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ismge-19.2019.111 DO - 10.2991/ismge-19.2019.111 ID - Ptitsyna2019/07 ER -