THE STORY OF OLGA KACHULKOVA (KHMELEVA) «ROBINSON IN THE RUSSIAN FOREST» AT THE RECEPTION OF M. OSORGIN

Authors

  • Nadezhda S. Stepanova Southwest State University, Institute of International Education

Abstract

DOI 10.18522/1995-0640-2021-4-124-136

The author of the article focuses on the story of the «forgotten» Russian writer of the late XIX – early XX centuries Olga Kachulkova (Khmeleva) «Robinson in the Russian Forest», written in the tradition of the bildungsroman, and its perception by M. Osorgin, about which he spoke in his autobiographical book «Vremena» («Times»).

The story «Robinson in the Russian Forest» is devoted to the problems of the formation, personal development and maturation of the protagonist during the three years of his voluntary and forced robinsonade in the Russian forest. M. Osorgin’s childhood impressions of the book he read independently at the age of seven about the robinsonade of Russian boys, about the harmonious relationship between man and the surrounding nature, contributed to the formation of a free soul and the construction of a national image of the world.

The article defines the place for the story of the adventures of two boys from different social strata who lived for three years in a huge wild forest, in the autobiographical book of M. Osorgin. The author of the article understands reception as a dialogical interaction of the perceiving consciousness and the literary text involved in its orbit, while maintaining the sovereignty of each of the «voices».

М. Osorgin’s interpretation of the story «Robinson in the Russian Forest» preserved for future readers the very existence of this book, and also helped to explore the life-creating and intertextual aspects of the reception of the story in their dynamics, the poetics and philosophy of robinsonade in the understanding of M. Osorgin.

Key words: O. Kachulkova (Khmeleva), «Robinson in the Russian Forest», M. Osorgin, «Vremena» («Times»), reception, bildungsroman, autobiographical prose, the first wave of Russian emigration

Author Biography

Nadezhda S. Stepanova, Southwest State University, Institute of International Education

Ph.D. of Philology, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Russian language and General educational disciplines for foreign citizens of the Preparatory Faculty for Foreign Citizens of the Institute of International Education, Southwest State University

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Published

2021-12-25

How to Cite

Stepanova Н. С. . (2021). THE STORY OF OLGA KACHULKOVA (KHMELEVA) «ROBINSON IN THE RUSSIAN FOREST» AT THE RECEPTION OF M. OSORGIN. Proceedings of Southern Federal University. Philology, 25(4), 124–136. Retrieved from https://philol-journal.sfedu.ru/index.php/sfuphilol/article/view/1677

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 4 (2021)

Section

LITERATURE STUDY

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