Abstract
The article is devoted to the functional role of nature images in the formation of the imaginary structure of Russian odic poetry of the 18th – early 19th centuries. Examples are taken from the odic poetry of Mikhail Lomonosov, Vasily Trediakovsky, Alexander Sumarokov, Mikhail Kheraskov, Gavrila Derzhavin, Dmitry Khvostov. An attempt was undertaken to answer two questions: the place nature images occupied in odic poetry in the era of its pride and, secondly, the possibility to find in the poetry of classicism, despite the condescending attitude towards it that developed later in the history of Russian literature, something that constituted an organic part of the Russian classics of the 19th and 20th centuries. The functional role of nature images in the odic genre is shown, which, as it seemed, by definition is alien to natural themes, being organically connected with the pathos of civic consciousness and the appeal to the themes of heroism, great personalities, and historical events. However, as it turns out in a number of cases, the very objects of nature evoke the poet's admiration as an impressive work of the Creator, in others, nature is a background that in a certain way enhances the impression of the very historical events that constitute the subject of odic poetry. The conclusion is made about a certain continuity in the depiction of nature – from odic poetry to Russian lyric poetry and prose of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Highlights
С наступлением «золотого века» русской литературы образы природы прочно заняли свое место в эпической прозе и в лирике как неотъемлемый компонент отражения мировосприятия автора
The article is devoted to the functional role of nature images in the formation of the imaginary structure of Russian odic poetry of the 18th — early 19th centuries
Examples are taken from the odic poetry of Mikhail Lomonosov, Vasily Trediakovsky, Alexander Sumarokov, Mikhail Kheraskov, Gavrila Derzhavin, Dmitry Khvostov
Summary
С наступлением «золотого века» русской литературы образы природы прочно заняли свое место в эпической прозе и в лирике как неотъемлемый компонент отражения мировосприятия автора. В ранней лирике Пушкина не могло не ощущаться влияние поэзии предшествующей эпохи, более того, поэт и позднее обращался к торжественному одическому стилю, когда считал это оправданным, как например, в адресованном Н. Функциональное многообразие образов природы в русской поэзии проявило себя уже в творчестве одописцев допушкинской эпохи, оказавших серьезное влияние на развитие пейзажной лирики XIX в.
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