Poetry as a Parable

Abstract

The article examines the evolution of the understanding of poetry as a specific variety of the language arts. Based on materials from Spanish, Russian, and French poetic discourses, the article reviews the analysis of the essence of poetry, and it recapitulates poetry’s systematic interpretation in the works of scholars from different countries and periods.

Keywords

• поэзия
• метафора
• иносказание
• притча
• интерпретация
• поэтическая функция