EASTERN GENRE FORMS IN VLADIMIR SOLOVYOV’S POETRY

Abstract

This article is devoted to the genres of lyrics of the Muslim East in Vladimir Solovyov's poetry in the 1880s. Understanding the processes that took place in the work of the symbolist is important for awareness of the specifics of the «Alien» («oriental» in particular) in Russian literature of the late 19th century – the «era of timelessness». The originality of the historical period of the 1880s-1890s – the crisis of public consciousness, ideological deadlock, a sense of «timelessness» and general apathy – could not but affect the poets' creativity: the authors turn the lyrical plot towards foreign, exotic countries, including the magical East. In addition, oriental genre forms (such as ghazal, rubai, etc.) became widespread in the last twenty years of the XIX century. These are mainly Vladimir Solovyov's translations from Hafiz Shirazi in the European version of imitation, but he also has original works, the content of which is more often regulated according to the classical Eastern tradition.

Keywords

• восточная жанровая форма
• ориентализм
• газель
• рубай
• русское поэтическое искусство
• поэт-символист
• oriental genre form
• orientalism
• ghazal
• rubai
• russian poetic art
• symbolist poet