Ольга Вадимовна Попова - кандидат филологических наук
125047, Российская Федерация, г. Москва, Миусская пл., д. 6
Olga V. Popova - Candidate of Philology
6 Miusskaya Sq., Moscow, 125047
В статье на примере романа Л. Перуца «Мастер Страшного суда» рассматриваются принципы мифологизации, характерные для литературы модернизма. При создании мифологизированного образа страха писатель использует такие приемы, как аллегория и персонификация, восходящие к музыкальным драмам Р. Вагнера.
The article deals with The Master of the Day of Judgement (1923), a novel by the Austrian expressionist writer Leo Perutz that has been tentatively described as a psychological murder mystery. Drawing on E. Meletinsky’s studies, specifically, his definition of neomythologism, the article considers the book’s various mythologizing techniques. Typical of modernism, such techniques as leitmotifs, allegory, and personification are used to convey the characters’ growing perception of fear as a living creature. Additional meanings are discovered in the references to such landmark works as Shakespeare’s Richard III, Büchner’s Danton’s Death, and Wagner’s cycle The Ring of the Nibelung. It is argued that the novelist uses Wagner’s method of allegory to create a mythologized image of fear, but, unlike Wagnerian images with their entirely universal meaning, Perutz’s allegory denotes the uniqueness and individuality of human mind.
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest present.