“Russian Odyssey” by A. N. Ostrovsky (The Path of Historical Russia and the Fate of the Hero)
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-7278-2023-2-86-97
Abstract
Aim. We present the concept of A. N. Ostrovsky’s dramaturgy as a national poetic epic. Methodology. In our research, we rely on the views of A. A. Grigoriev, A. V. Druzhinin, and I. A. Goncharov, who laid the foundations for an objective and ideologically free understanding of Ostrovsky’s dramaturgy as folk poetry. Unfortunately, for many decades, especially in the Soviet era, a satirical concept of N. A. Dobrolyubov about Ostrovsky’s dramaturgy prevailed. The methodology of the research is based on a hermeneutical approach to the literary text associated with the strategy of understanding and explanation, with the need to turn to the theory of tradition, accumulating the entire Orthodox dogmaticliturgical ontos of the Church.
Results. The dramaturgy of A. N. Ostrovsky appears as a national poetic epic aimed at poetizing the historical path of Russia, its religious values, the fundamental foundations of Russian life, and its eternal ideals. The reception of Ostrovsky’s artistic thinking, in the form of a national-poetic epic about the historical path of Russia and the fate of the hero, are relevant not only for the present, but also for the “ever-present”, according to N. N. Strakhov.
Research implications. The original concept of the national poetic epic of A. N. Ostrovsky is proposed, which contributes to the expansion and deepening of ideas about the poetics of the playwright; his generic properties and existential symbols are highlighted, and the features of the special typology of Ostrovsky’s heroes are outlined. The research material can be used in teaching the history of the Russian literature and in special courses on the works of A. N. Ostrovsky
About the Author
G. V. Mosaleva
Udmurt State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Galina V. Mosaleva – Dr. Sci. (Philological Sciences), Prof., Department of the History of the Russian Literature and Theory of Literature
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