RUSSIAN SPACE AND TIME IN THE EUROPEAN CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE 18TH CENTURY (ON THE MATERIAL OF S. G. GMELIN’S WORKS)
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-7278-2022-5-79-89
Abstract
Aim. We analyze the features of the image of Russian space and time in the travel diaries of the German scientist S. G. Gmelin, leader of several academic expeditions of the 18th century.
Methodology. The research relies on descriptive, cultural-historical and historical-typological methods.
Results. Scientific works of S. G. Gmelin are studied from literary and literary-culturological points of view. The approach makes it possible to reveal the artistic potential and meaning in the scientific text and to determine the features of the scientific image and the ways the author solves the multitasking problem.
Research implications. The theoretical and practical significance of the paper lies in the possibility of applying the analysis technique in the study of non-fiction texts in order to identify the meanings of an artistic, cultural, philosophical nature. The obtained results can be part of a special course on the problem of genre typology of the Russian literature of the 18th century.
About the Authors
A. V. Mishin
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexey V. Mishin – Cand. Sci. (Philological Sciences), Assoc. Prof., Institute of Social Sciences
prosp. Vernadskog 82, Moscow 119571
L. A. Mishina
Independent researcher
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Larisa A. Mishina– Dr. Sci. (Philological Sciences), Prof.
Moscow
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