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Siberia and the Caucasus: the two paradisal poles in Gaito Gazdanov’s artistic topography
Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Ключевые слова
literature of the first wave of emigration, writings of gaito gazdanov, mnemonics, artistic topography, siberian text, literary caucasus
Abstract
The article analyzes the functioning of the images of Siberia and the Caucasus in the artistic topography of Gaito Gazdanov. In spite of their peripheral position, both regions play a key role in the mnemonic poetics of Gazdanov: Siberia is represented as a symbol of Russia, while the Caucasus is a nostalgic image of the homeland of the autobiographical protagonist.
Bibliographic reference
Proskurina Elena Nikolaevna. Siberia and the Caucasus: the two paradisal poles in Gaito Gazdanov’s artistic topography // Сибирский филологический журнал. 2013. № 4. Pp. 97–101.