RECEPTION OF IMAGES OF SPANISH PAINTINGS IN RUSSIAN POETRY OF THE SOVIET AND POST-SOVIET ERA (1950s – 2000s)

The paper deals with reception of images of Spanish paintings in Russian poetry of the 1950-s – 2000-s. The study materials are texts by B.A. Akhmadulina, I.A. Brodsky, Z.M. Val’shonok, A.A. Voznesensky, A.I. Gitovich, E.A. Dolmatovsky, I.V. Elagin, N.P. Konchalovskaya, A.S. Kushner, S.S. Orlov, M.B. Tarasova, S.N. Tolstoy, V.S. Shefner. The images of Spanish paintings are analyzed in terms of semiotic and myth criticism methods. The connection of these images to the Spanish myth of the Russian culture is stated. The images of Spanish pictorial personosphere (Velazquez, El Greco, Goya, Picasso, Dali) are characterized as cultural heroes of the myth.