M. Yu. Lermontov’s «Terek gifts»: Contradictions as a Structural Basis of the World
Abstract
It is given the analysis of «Terek’s gifts» as an integral work. Structural comparison of stories with three gifts is carried out. It is pointed out the poem’s invariant, it is the double structure in which opposites are combined (top - bottom, dying – rebirth). The correspondence is revealed between anagrammatic constructions and the river’s flow. Parallels with Pushkin’s «Winter evening» are found. The final episode includes «Terek’s gifts» into a series of Lermontov’s works about love extending across the border of life.
It contains, in particular, also «Love of the dead», «Demon», «Stoss».
Key words: motive, double structure, anagram, artistic space, artistic time.
DOI 10.18522/1995-0640-2020-3-120-129
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