{"title":"PATTERNS OF RENAISSANCE EPISTOLOGRAPHY IN THE EXPERIMENTAL PROSE OF ALEXANDER ILYANEN","authors":"A. Markov","doi":"10.18522/2415-8852-2020-2-122-142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18522/2415-8852-2020-2-122-142","url":null,"abstract":"The online prose of Alexander Ilyanen, recognized as one of the most significant experiments of Russian literature today, is not only a reflection on the possibilities of writing and utterance, but also an experience of rewriting of written forms. Recent prose of Ilyanen is a kind of philological observation of the usability of different types of writing to assemble a meaningful statement about the current quarantine situation. Correlation of these types of writing with the usual genres is not relevant, even introducing general framework of the novel and drama. Renaissance Italian epistolography as a way of producing situations, rather than roman à clef, clarifies Ilyanen’s prose strategies. A detailed analysis of the Renaissance letters by Poggio proves that he did not affirm the new model of language use, reviving the Cicero ideal, but he controlled effects of writing and biography, to improve official policy. The irony, intrigues, hints, social designing in these letters anticipate the tactics of professional blogging by eminent writers, but differ in responsibility for political decisions of both authors and persons mentioned.","PeriodicalId":318261,"journal":{"name":"Practices & Interpretations: A Journal of Philology, Teaching and Cultural Studies","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125792619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"POSTPONED DUEL IN “THE SHOT” AS A FACTOR OF STRUCTURE OF TEXT","authors":"Oleg B. Zaslavskii (Zaslavsky)","doi":"10.18522/2415-8852-2020-2-87-103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18522/2415-8852-2020-2-87-103","url":null,"abstract":"The postponed shot and doubling the duel are central points of the plot of this tale and its leitmotifs. We show that in a series of episodes this circumstance serves a structural generator, each time reproducing the key leitmotif anew. It includes 1) structural correspondence between the abnormal card game and the abnormal duel, 2) ability to stick a bullet into a bullet, twice demonstrated by Silvio. In addition, the relevance of a duel in the structure of the text reveals itself in relation between numbers 2 and 3. Also, there is a correlation with doubled war motif: it follows from the inner chronology of the tale that Silvio missed Patriotic War of 1812. (We consider his participation in the uprising of eterists as compensation.) The latter circumstance is an example of the “hidden plot” phenomenon that has only recently begun to attract reseacrhers’ attention. The specific feature of a given case consists in that it is not the event but their meaningful absence which is hidden. Also, we find a motif of a horse (overlooked in literature before) and suggest explanation why a narrator, mentioning Silvio’s cap, calls it by the name of its French analogue.","PeriodicalId":318261,"journal":{"name":"Practices & Interpretations: A Journal of Philology, Teaching and Cultural Studies","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128305839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}