Abstract
The article is dedicated to the research of gothic tradition transformation in symbolist novels of Fyodor Sologub, Valery Bryusov, Andrei Bely, Aleksey Remizov, Aleksey Skaldin and others. Archetipical and symbolic images and motifs of abyss, chaos, labyrinth and circle are analyzed. They define the change of the functions of gothic horror. The study looks at the problem of representation of ritual-mythological “rite de passage”, images of “dance macabre”, visual and sound symbols that represent existential and metaphysic fear.
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