Abstract
The purpose of the paper is to show how Gleb Semyonov managed to update the issues of war poetry: he moves away from the chronicle, yet at the same time his texts allow us to recreate the life of Leningrad residents day by day. The author analyzes the body of war poems by Gleb Semyonov written from 1941 to 1960. The main content of the study constitutes the analysis of the cycle “Memories of the Siege”. The poet dwells on milestones of the life of the city and the life of an unfortunate person, whose moods change quickly from fear and numbness (“Silence”) to emerging animal feelings of a hunger bitten (“Feat”, “Immortality”). The end of his story of the besieged captivity the poet will see not when it is reported on the radio or in the bulletins, but when it will be possible to return to the peaceful, revived life after the siege of Leningrad. Based on the results of the study, the author makes conclusions on the poetical features of this cycle, such as the rejection of timing, intertextuality, plurality of “details” and symbolism. Conducted on the basis of historical-genetic and comparative-historical approaches, the research draws upon conceptions, methods and results of modern poetry, primarily M. Gasparov and his school.
Highlights
The purpose of the paper is to show how Gleb Semyonov managed to update the issues of war poetry: he moves away from the chronicle, yet at the same time his texts allow us to recreate the life of Leningrad residents day by day
The author analyzes the body of war poems by Gleb Semyonov written from 1941 to 1960
The main content of the study constitutes the analysis of the cycle “Memories of the Siege”
Summary
Свою историю блокадного плена поэт увидит законченной не тогда, когда об этом сообщат по радио, в сводках, а когда можно будет вернуться в мирный, оживший после блокады Ленинград. Глеб Семенов воспитывался отчимом Сергеем Александровичем Семеновым, писателем 1920-х гг., известным тем, что вытаскивал из петли С. Кумпан: «Такое совпадение приводит на мысль, что двадцать лет — как раз та дистанция, в необходимости которой нуждается блокадный человек, чтобы...
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