Cycle-forming motifs in N. Klyuchareva's work The Wooden Sun

Abstract

The article attempts to consider the work of the contemporary Russian writer N. L. Klyuchareva The Wooden Sun in terms of cyclization. N. L. Kluchareva's work, consisting of a number of small essays, was written at the beginning of the XXI century and presents a deep understanding of Russian realities. Analyzing the motive structure of The Wooden Sun on the basis of classical and modern literary concepts, the authors single out a number of cycle-forming motives that characterize such key concepts for the Russian national character as Motherland, road, home, loss, consider the ways they are implemented in the texts of essays, identify the role of these motifs in shaping the author's idea and reconstructing the author's holistic picture of the world. The system of motifs in N. L. Klyuchareva's work is an important means of combining essays into a cycle, building structural connections and relationships within the cycle, allowing at the same time to identify the sense and meaning of each of the essays under analysis. The authors of the article pay attention to the artistic uniqueness of the works that make up the cycle and create a contradictory image of contemporary Russia. Special emphasis is placed on the intertextual connections of the works included in N. L. Klyuchareva's cycle “The Wooden Sun”. The analysis of cycle-forming motifs makes it possible to identify the main ideas of the work and draw conclusions about its artistic originality. The authors of the article believe that N. L. Klyuchareva's appeal to the motifs of Motherland, road, home, etc. indicates a serious interest of the modern prose writer to the values traditional for national literature.