Authors
- Sorokina Svetlana Pavlovna PhD (Philology)
Annotation
The article regards the poem-play by A. Cherny «Petrushka in Paris». It is noted that the work has not been previously studied, which determines the novelty and relevance
of the research conducted. The author, on the one hand, aims to review the ways of mastering the poetics of folklore theater by A. Cherny; on the other hand, there is an objective to understand why the poet was attracted by the form of folk puppet comedy and its principal character — Petrushka. The study highlights the circumstances of the poem-play creation. It claims that it was actually the most difficult period of A. Cherny’s emigrant life, when he could hardly earn a living that saw the poem appear. The relations in emigrant circles were also complicated at that time. The article demonstrates how these autobiographical moments were reflected in the text of the poem-play. Nevertheless, A. Cherny’s primary focus is on revealing the self-perception of a person finding himself in emigration rather than on recreating emigrant life, for which the form of a puppet show along with the image of Petrushka are not suitable. The article shows how A. Cherny uses the poetics of folklore comic representation to achieve this goal; the way he rethinks it in tragicomic terms. Finally, it is concluded that the image of Petrushka selected for the story of emigrant life is prompted not only by A. Cherny willing to combine «laughter and tears» in his works, but also by a deep understanding of the folklore character’s nature: Petrushka is not portrayed socially, it is impossible to fully identify him with a person; it is a doll, only «pretending to be» alive. The poet turning to this character seeks to reveal the inner state of an emigrant — a person parted from his native land, feeling disoriented in someone else’s reality, who has lost the feeling of fullness of life, which appears quite natural.
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Sorokina, S. P. (2022). IMAGE OF FOLKLORE THEATER CHARACTER IN A. CHERNY’S POEM «PETRUSHKA IN PARIS» Bulletin of the Moscow City Pedagogical University. Series "Pedagogy and Psychology", 2022, №4 (48), 22. https://doi.org/10.25688/2076-913X.2022.48.4.02
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