TWO LOOKS AT HUMAN LABOR FROM DIFFERENT AGES(V. BRYUSOV’S ”BRICKLAYER” AND A. SOLZNITSYN’S ”BRICKLAYER”)

Abstract

Aim. The purpose of this article is to compare the poem "Bricklayer" by A. Solzhenitsyn of the labor camp period with the work of the same title by V. Bryusov. Methodology. To reveal the theme the authors used comparative and analytical methods of studying Solzhenitsyn and Bryusov. Similarities, as well as variances and reminiscences, are revealed. Results. It was concluded from the study that there is no call to fight for their rights in both poems. The heroes are unable to change their fate. Their existence is sustained by work, although its results are directed against themselves. The hard labor of builders and convicts is the subject of the writers' representation from different centuries. Research implications. A comparative analysis of poems was carried out for the first time and is intended to fill the literary gaps in the poetry of A. Solzhenitsyn and V. Bryusov.

Keywords

• poems
• forced labor
• "Bricklayer"
• prison construction
• lack of freedom