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The works of Ilya Selvinsky in the mazes of local texts and global contexts
https://doi.org/10.31425/0042-8795-2021-4-13-33
Abstract
The article by A. Lyusy, a researcher specialising in ‘local texts’ of Russian literature, discusses ‘the Crimean text’ of I. Selvinsky, who, in Lyusy’s opinion, was in fact among the first authors to produce ‘the Crimean text,’ while ‘the Crimean text’ itself is interpreted as the south pole of ‘the Petersburg text.’ Considered within the Crimean context, it resurrected the real perception of the Crimea (and all of its ethnical groups) as a successor of diverse linguistic, cultural and religious traditions, as well as progenitor of new forms; and in Eurasian and global contexts, this poetics demonstrated the special powers of ‘crossroads cultures,’ or ‘borderland cultures,’ where the ‘periphery’ can become the centre, and a distant past can offer a model, a forecast and a warning to the future. The article examines the connection between Selvinsky’s life and the Crimea, focusing on the episodes and details that influenced the poet’s search of his own promised land.
About the Author
A. P. Lyusy
GITR Film and Television School
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aleksandr P. Lyusy, Doctor of Philology, Candidate of Cultural Studies
32A Khoroshevskoe Hw., Moscow, 123007
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For citations:
Lyusy A.P. The works of Ilya Selvinsky in the mazes of local texts and global contexts. Voprosy literatury. 2021;(4):13-33. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31425/0042-8795-2021-4-13-33
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