Mythopoetics in B. Pasternaks novel Doctor Zhivago: cultural-historical and universal themes
Abstract
The article describes the characteristics of the mythopoetical structure of the final novel of B. Pasternak
Doctor Zhivago. The article demonstrates that the mythopoetical structure of the novel is not limited to
Christian themes which are also being transformed by the author. The article further analyzes the influence of the
Russian religious philosophy on the mythopoetical semantics of the novel. The mechanism of mythopoetical structure
presented by Pasternak is being created by means of attributing a general symbolic significance to specific
events and characters and also by secondary mythologization of literary-poetic and Christian themes. Mythopoetics
of the novel intends to recreate the concept of the authors native culture in its entirety (cultorological myth), which
is being portrayed in historical and mystical contests.
Doctor Zhivago. The article demonstrates that the mythopoetical structure of the novel is not limited to
Christian themes which are also being transformed by the author. The article further analyzes the influence of the
Russian religious philosophy on the mythopoetical semantics of the novel. The mechanism of mythopoetical structure
presented by Pasternak is being created by means of attributing a general symbolic significance to specific
events and characters and also by secondary mythologization of literary-poetic and Christian themes. Mythopoetics
of the novel intends to recreate the concept of the authors native culture in its entirety (cultorological myth), which
is being portrayed in historical and mystical contests.
About the Author
Янина Солдаткина
Московский педагогический государственный университет
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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