Abstract
The author of the article, pointing to the definitions of the novel Eugene Onegin that are stable in scientific Pushkin studies — realistic, historical, philosophical, autobiographical and problematic — notes that the novel is full of mysticism, understanding by mysticism a belief in the existence of supernatural metaphysical forces, with which the heroes, and the author of the novel himself, are connected in a mysterious way. The article examines the reasons for Onegin’s spiritual crisis, which manifests itself in the worldview and behavior of the hero. Its most important features, named in the novel — deceit, hypocrisy, cynicism, idleness, a distorted idea of love, which is replaced by “the science of tender passion” — are considered in comparison with the texts of Holy Scripture. As a result, the author of the article comes to the conclusion that the state of the protagonist’s soul can be characterized as its “mortification” or “petrification”. “The disease, the cause of which should have been found long ago”, is connected not so much, perhaps, with life in the “pool of light” as with the loss of faith in God, “loss of oneself ” under the latent influence of demonic forces.
Highlights
The author of the article, pointing to the definitions of the novel Eugene Onegin that are stable in scientific Pushkin studies — realistic, historical, philosophical, autobiographical and problematic — notes that the novel is full of mysticism, understanding by mysticism a belief in the existence of supernatural metaphysical forces, with which the heroes, and the author of the novel himself, are connected in a mysterious way
The article examines the reasons for Onegin’s spiritual crisis, which manifests itself in the worldview and behavior of the hero
А через полгода после начала романа, в октябре-ноябре 1823 г., Пушкин описал воображаемые встречи с тем, кто искушал его в Петербурге и в Кишиневе, кто «диктовал» ему это письмо брату, кто Онегину внушал мысли и лицемерные, и лукавые
Summary
И «Евгений Онегин» полон мистики: многое, если не всё, зависит в таком случае от веры в Бога, суеверия или безверия Автора и его героев. Когда Поэт сам чувствовал, что его одолевает страшный недуг «омертвения души».
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