Siberia as a Symbolistic Topos: Shadows and Echoes (1904) by Pyotr L. Dravert
https://doi.org/10.25205/1818-7919-2022-21-9-89-97
Abstract
Purpose. Pyotr L. Dravert is a Russian geologist, mineralogist, and a poet connected with Siberia and Urals by his scientific and artistic interests. The studies of Pyotr L. Dravert’s works usually proceed in two directions: either “scientific” or “Siberian”, as it was defined by Efim I. Belenkiy. Boris Ya. Buchstab pointed out the unity of two manifestations of a Dravert’s creative personality: the scientist and the poet. However, the formation of his original poetics was strongly influenced by Russian symbolism (which was noticed in works by Elena I. Dergacheva-Skop, Yury V. Shatin etc.) and this point has been little studied.
Results. The article is devoted to Dravert's first collection of poems Shadows and Echoes (Kazan, 1904) in the context of main works of Russian symbolism. Dravert's poetry can be presented as a unique case of the “Siberian text” where the semiotics of space correlates with the artistic discoveries of the Fin de Siècle.
Supporting agencies: The work was performed within the implementation of a research project МК-6131.2021.2 “The literary heritage of the Ural poets and writers in the context of historical challenges at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries” supported by Russian Federation President grants Foundation
About the Author
L. V. Mashtakova
Institute of History and Archeology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Liubov V. Mashtakova, Candidate of Sciences (Philology)
Scopus Author ID 57210803338
WoS Researcher ID AAG-3365-2021
RSCI Author ID 1016227
Yekaterinburg
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Mashtakova L.V. Siberia as a Symbolistic Topos: Shadows and Echoes (1904) by Pyotr L. Dravert. Vestnik NSU. Series: History and Philology. 2022;21(9):89-97. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25205/1818-7919-2022-21-9-89-97
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