“The White Zipun and the Scarlet Sash...” (<1915>) by Sergey Yesenin: about the poetics of things in folk costume

Sergey Yesenin could get the idea of a thing as an object of science from the lectures of professors of the Moscow City People’s University named after A.L. Shanyavsky while studying at the historical and philosophical department in 1913-1915. At that time, the term “thing” was used in law and philosophy, which was reflected in explanatory dictionaries and encyclopedias. Yesenin attended lectures mainly on literature, and in his subsequent work the word “thing” appears regularly, but only in journalism and letters. The term “thing” was widely used in criticism in the first quarter of the 20th century, and Yesenin’s friends recalled the poet’s use of this word in conversations. The purpose of this article is to analyze the items of the “clothing code” from an artistic and philosophical position in Yesenin’s poem “The White Zipun and the Scarlet Sash...”, understanding them as “things”. Conclusion. The zipun and the sash are folk festive clothing, with its regional names, they have a long tradition of reflecting them in fiction, and in Yesenin they emphasize the event time and the emotional experiences of the hero.