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Fyodor Tyutchev’s historiosophical view of contemporarity in the mirror of interpretations
https://doi.org/10.31425/0042-8795-2019-1-121-151
Abstract
The article attempts to reconstruct a wholistic view of F. Tyutchev’s historiosophical beliefs and explain their subsequently diverse interpretations. Gleaning the ‘crystals’ of Tyutchev’s worldview from across his historiosophical, journalistic, and political texts (e.g. his tractate Russia and the West [Rossiya i Zapad] and articles A Russian’s Letter [Pis’mo russkogo], Russia and Germany [Rossiya i Germaniya], Russia and the Revolution [Rossiya i Revolutsiya], and The Roman Problem [Rimsky vopros]), the researcher examines such concepts as reason, the mystery of a human being, Christian anthropology, etc., and finds how their interpretation by different scholars transformed depending on historical context. Tyutchev, by contrast, perceived historical process as inseparable from the Christian basis. B. Tarasov argues the poet’s work is founded in Christian principles and anthropological analysis and so is his logic. The author believes that the degree to which scholars and opponents of Tyutchev’s value system agree influences the authenticity of their interpretations of it.
About the Author
B. N. Tarasov
Maxim Gorky Institute of Literature and Creative Writing
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Boris N. Tarasov - Doctor of Philology.
25 Tverskoy Blvd., Moscow, 123104References
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Tarasov B.N. Fyodor Tyutchev’s historiosophical view of contemporarity in the mirror of interpretations. Voprosy literatury. 2019;(1):121-151. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31425/0042-8795-2019-1-121-151
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